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Let's hear it for Mr. William David Friedkin. Legends never die.

🕑 Added 2023-08-07 21:25:10 +0000 UTC

Comments

Alexander Barnett

for god sake , the man said " I don't give a flying fuck, through a rolling donut" ...............straight legend

MeekJaybird

Olson the anti intellectual? hardly. his podrade Dave Anthony is a bit out an emotional oaf. not Olson tho.

Otis Bateman

RIP 🪦 🙏

Eric M. Rhein

Billy and Gilbert Gottfried: two in Show business who never gave a shit what people thought of them.

Vibeke Garrod

They talked about how people are not watching films the same way any longer, and not going to the movie theatres, but actually here in Norway this summer, the numbers of people going to the cinema is the highest in 14 years! That said, the movies people see are americans, not norwegian....Barbenheimer etc. Hopefully, the audience will continue to go to the movies, and also that the theatres will expand their selection of films.

Trey Karn

extraordinary moment and so beautifully executed as the end of a segment. I think about that a lot.

Michael

Same difference

Mr.Pink1996

He was Silent Generation

Anna Sofie Jespersen

Rip king 💔

Michael

He was Lost Generation, not Boomer.

Sebastian ospina

Sounds like a boomer Bootlicker to me…he was funny tho

Alistair Dean

Re-listening to Friedkin’s interview with Bret, I had to turn it off when he got choked up over Uvalde. It got me too emotional. What a great man, so full of life.

Michael McFalls

I meant the comment was inspired by American Paycho, not the video itself.

Michael

Trump has a gazillion felony indictments. It doesn’t take a legal scholar to understand that he’s a criminal.

Neil G.

at the end of the day, they're both idiots in their own way: Olson the anti intellectual Trump hater who has no idea why Trump is bad but just hops on the Republican bashing bandwagon (though, that's pretty much Congress as well 😂😂) like a moron and Friedkin is the pseudo intellectual POS whose loud, arrogant, bumbling, idiotic pseudo intellectualism is on full display on that pod

David Willis

Sleep well dear Prince. RIP

Thomas Matich

I just read a post where someone called “Cruising” the ‘Citizen Kane’ of gay cinema. Not sure about that but it’s my favorite Friedkin for sure. RIP.

Lionel

He once wept with a dying pig on the side of the road during the shooting of sorcerer. A true artist.

Michael

When he was on The Movies that Made Me, Josh Olson made a disparaging comment about Trump. Friedkin deadpanned, “that’s the president of the United States your talking about”.

Stevan Popovic

In the Uk they re-released The Exorcist to cinemas only. After not been available for many years. The audience was a mix of young and old. The reaction to certain scenes was mass laughter. As I left the cinema the young group said it did not take much to scare people in the seventies. A film for its time. He was a great guest on the podcast. RIP.

Neil G.

his pseudo intellectual ass will rot in a pit of hellfire...but he was a legend who made two groundbreaking classics: The French Connection (1971)/The Exorcist (1973), and two masterpieces: Sorcerer (1977)/To Live & Die In L.A. (1985). Not to mention, two other remarkable films: The Rules of Engagement (2000)/The Hunted (2003) in the standard form and The Boys In the Band (1970)/Cruising (1980) in the pre-standard. Then again, he was a loudmouthed, arrogant, mentally deranged pseudo intellectual...but his contributions, edginess, and constant push of the idea that genre is art (especially for me, an artist who writes in genre) will forever endure. RIP Friedkin...and RIH (think ya'll know what dat means 😅😅👍👍)

Trezerand

Other than Coppola, was there another director in the 70s with such a string of masterpieces? pax tecum, good buddy

SwazzPerkins

A lunatic and a legend. RIP to an all time great.

MD

An excellent interview. Raising a bottle of Smirnoff in his memory.

Henry Gessner

He was one of the greatest filmmakers in Hollywood and seemed to be a great person overall. By far my favorite guest on the podcast. He will be missed, and I am looking forward to watching his final film.

Chris Jiggins

“The Exorcist was great, but for me the real classic was Sorcerer.” Stephen King

Tom Davidson

Rip

Brad Turner

Recently watched Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist. Masterclass in cinema. I could listen to him all day.

Brad Elmore

RIP Hurricane Billy.

Sean _ G_ Schofield

RIP legend of cinema 🙏

Flounge

RIP to the legend who never gave a flying fuck into a rolling donut.

Gary Wood

Very sad. Your podcast with him ranks as one of my favorites! One for the history books. Legend for sure.

Brian Rooney

I love the way he said Blu-Ray and sounded very Trumpy. Sorcerer is wild. Cruising is great. Killer Joe is nutty. French Connection is awesome. Bye, Bill. You were too cool.

Dan

One of the few filmmakers of the second half of the twentieth century who could legitimately claim at least 4 masterpieces in To Live and Die in LA, Sorcerer, Exorcist and French Connection… maybe even Cruising too. Legend. RIP.

Romeo Delta Charlie

To anyone who hasn’t read his autobiography, The Friedkin Connection, I highly recommend it. Settling down now to watch The French Connection. His best films were among the best ever made. Loved hearing him on the podcast.

Jorge Espinha

He died?! That was one of the best episodes. Great conversation. Rest in peace and thank for all the films.

Michael McFalls

To Live and Die in LA is in my pantheon. Check NYT comments in the obit - somebody wrote about Friedkin’s direction of a Laura Brannigan video. Hysterical and very deep-cut slice of culture undoubtedly inspired, consciously or not, by American Psycho.