FANTASY FILM FESTIVAL: William Friedkin
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2014
- In this rare and never-aired episode of the Z-Channel series hosted by Mick Garris, director William Friedkin talks about making THE EXORCIST...and shares his candid opinion of its sequel.
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"I've seen works of pornography with more integrity than The Exorcist II." Jesus, William!
He was also brutal about Al Pacino after working with him on Cruising 😅. Obviously didn’t think much of him
Friedkin is 100% BADASS
Friedkin is so brutal at the end of this interview. He had such artistic integrity. Very Inspiring. Thanks for uploading.
HURRICANE BILLY! 😆 🤣 😂 😹 One Hell of a Bad Temper; he mellowed out in the 1990s.
Billy Freidkin was a genius. RIP Sir!
Exorcist, Cruising, French Connection, Sorcerer are the greatest- artiest shockers ever made in USA
Agreed. I'd add To Live & Die In LA to that list as well.
10000000 % agreed
William Friedkind is the reason I got interested in filmmaking.
Not interested enough, since you couldn't even get his name right.
@@MrCarpen7er it's silly to reply in so stern a manner, when the error was most likely either due to autocorrect/autofinish, or a touchscreen typo
Thanks, all. Friedkin is an outspoken and honest interview, and one of my favorites! Make sure to check out the POST MORTEM interview we did 30 years later.
Mick Garris Interviews Was the Z channel based in LA? Is this the cable show where the producer killed his wife and then committed suicide?
Yes. That unfortunate event occurred just as we were wrapping up our show. Program director Jerry Harvey was the man in question. Very, very sad.
Mick Garris Interviews Thanks for taking the time to reply. I see you are very successful horror film producer and have interviewed all the masters of film. Great TH-cam channel, keep em coming.
I wouldve loved to have been a fly on the wall on the Exorcist set. It mustve been a great thrill to sit in this mans presense! Great interview!
Thank you for this Interview William Friedkin are Legend because the Exorzist
Back when interviewers actually let their guests do most of the talking. And Friedkin explains everything clearly, honestly and is very frank.
R.I.P. William Friedkin. He is one of my favorite directors and I love hearing him speak. Very articulate and a very intelligent man. Also very honest.
awesome interview, this guy is a master director
Everybody got it when he said: ¨The Hairy-Tick¨? XD
That was brilliant.
You´re right Mr. Friedkin. The Exorcist hasn´t dated at all.
Billy Friedkin who holds the world record for fastest approach to an academy award stage in 1972.
I hate when journalists say "some people say" or "it's been reported" but have no specifics because they just make shit up to stir up controversy.
The Exorcist is one of those rare cases in movie history where everything works like clockwork...And it works because of the decisions of this man. The movie could have been a disaster...Just look at the make up tests...A lesser director would maybe have done a traditional terror film...the monster, the scares...Friedkin made a masterpiece of genuine psychological fear. Possibly still the scariest film ever made. Brilliant man.
Very well said. The Exorcist is the type of film that could have been so easily screwed up. But not only does it work, it's damn close to what I consider to be a perfect film. Friedkin brought great vision and talent to The Exorcist.But I think the greatest strength he has as a director is his integrity. He took Blatty's story and subject matter seriously and treated them with respect. The film's depiction of evil is indeed horrific, violent, and deeply disturbing. But this depiction is brilliantly accomplished without even a hint of exploitation or sensationalism. The Exorcist is really the exact opposite of schlocky "gross out" horror. This honest matter of fact approach is where The Exorcist draws much of its power.
It is the scariest movie ever made!
Mr.Friedkin really is a badass ,love his work
Such an eloquent and intelligent, humble man.
My Gosh, what a charisma, the size of the Milky Way! Love that guy to bits.
He's always been a great talker as well as filmmaker
Sadly just passed away
RIP to William Friedken. we lost a legend today 😢😢😢😢
Oh my God! Friedkin rules! Awesome interview Mr. Garris.
He was completely proud and confident in his work and extremely gracious for William Peter Blatty for offering his best material he worked with.
Could Friedkin look MORE like a 70s film director?
Cmajor Nope!
Haha! He still does! It's those damn glasses!
I don’t know which is funnier, the fact that Friedkin compared The Heretic to a porno and said that the channel “ought to be ashamed” for showing it, or the fact that the interviewer didn’t even flinch and acted like he had said nothing of any more significance than “I have to go soon.”
No no Mr Friedkin, if you keep holding back we'll never know how you feel
Friedkin stands alone
1979: "I don't think 'The Exorcist' has dated."
Now, as of 2022, 49 years later, it still has not dated!
A testament to Friedkin's genius. If any one else had directed, no one would still be talking about this film.
And, yes ... the sequel is "nothing but hokum."
Friedkin had an amazing personality
He still does.
*Has
The Exorcist is better than 99.9% of the films made today.
Not just today. Ever.
Excellent interview! He really explains to my once 17-year old mind what happened in that film I saw in 1979. I could never see past the graphic horror, yet somehow I innately felt there was something strongly real about the story, the characters..especially the opening scene that is my favorite part of the movie, containing elements of mystery...pure foreshadowing....the red-orange sun, Father Merrin walking thru a dark bazaar with streaks of light occasionally beaming upon him, the two dogs entangled in a fight symbolizing the forces of light against the darkness...and the horse carriage with a grotesque figure that nearly runs down the delicate priest...to name a few.
Friedkin is always a fascinating interview, and THE EXORCIST is a remarkable one-of-a-kind achievement!
Lol, "pornographic musical". Zinger. Friedkin is a legend.
First rate interview! Thank you!
Friedkin used a word to describe the film that many wouldn't think to use, but it is very appropriate to the movie: uplifting. If you saw the film at a very young age, it's more than likely you were too frightened and shocked to see the positive message in the film. I started to watch it with great frequency when I was about 20-21, and I honestly feel anybody who's an adult should be able to see why it's an ultimately uplifting film. Many horrible things occur in the movie, but the ending isn't just about the girl's being saved from the demon, it's about redemption. That is where the character of Karras comes into play. He needs to be saved as much as the girl, but on a spiritual level. His pride, ego and intellect all take a beating in this film. In the end he's humbled when Merrin asks him to leave the room. While seated on the landing outside the room, the mother asks "Is she going to die," and he looks up and quite resolutely says "No." What happens from that moment until the moment Father Dyer gives him last rites is Karras' redemption, and it's as vital to understanding the movie's message of hope as the successful exorcism of the girl is. A brilliant film that can't be duplicated simply because the source work it draws from is incomparable. No film on the subject of diabolical possession will ever surpass the Exorcist. It's uncompromising because it had to be.
Great interview, The Exorcist is probably my favorite all time movies and books. Heretic was a money grab, the only sequel that was pretty good was Legion directed by Blatty.
Legion was quite good.
But in fact Legion was not a real sequel , was forced to be a sequel. Scorsese said that the second in some way is superior to the First One, I'm not sure about this but "Exorcist II"remains a movie of High Class and Visionary Genius , Boorman is One of the greatest living directors. He refused to direct the first one.
The title is not Legion, it's Exorcist III. Legion is the title of the book.
gotta love this guy!!!
Rest in peace Billy Friedkin!
Even the interviewer is intimidated by Friedkin 😂🤣😂. The man commands respect just by his direct genuine presence. The real deal.
Thanks for uploading!
Your interviews are so in depth. more i can take from your interviews compared to others i feel you stay on topic and not jump from here or there. thanks so much 💜💜💜
BobbisBeautyMob Bodamer Many thanks for the generous words. Glad you're enjoying them.
please tell him if you see him again that the Exorcist is the one movie that has brought terror and joy! he's a genius
AWESOME thanks Lord FRIEDKIN
“Who said that?”
OUCH!
"Some say" is a horrible journalistic practice.
I have been binge watching this show as well as Post Mortem. Your interviews are so terrific it's scary (for lack of a better word). I just wish I discovered your channel years ago. Well, it's better now than never! 👍
Many thanks, Sheena! We'll be recording a whole new series of interviews which we'll be announcing at the very beginning of the new year!
Mick Garris Interviews Awesome! I can't wait!
Is it possible that William Friedkin doesn't like the exorcist 2?
Andrew Kulubi 😁
This is pure art.
Another great Interview Mick, thank you very much for sharing this with all of us. I have never seen the sequels of the Exorcist to this day and I am not sure if I ever will. The original stands still up to this day as a true masterclass in storytelling, directing and atmosphere. I really should check out Friedkin's The Guardian. :)
Exorcist 3 is really worth watching.
Mick you are the best! ¡Idolo!😃 cheers from Reconquista (a small city in the north of Argentina) !
Diego A. Castro Yacante ¡Gracias y felicidades!
@@MickGarrisInterviews you 're very welcome Sir! A big hug! ¡Abrazo !
I think I speak for most of us film lovers when I say that Billy is a FUCKING genius ❤
I love this, Friedkin being interviewed by Mick Garris is amazing
Wish there was an interview of Friedkin as a kid.. I can only imagine him as a strong intense man on a mission to keep integrity in all forms of the art world. What happened as a kid that made him who he became
4:00
14:51
William BADASS Friedkin
Very interesting guy
14:50 Here's where the fun begins!
"OK, well no punches pulled"..Ha ha ha ha ha!!!
A masterpiece done by him....Oh lord..
Love the Dahmer / Dark Place look
Mick Garris really is a great interviewer. William Friedkin is a top favorite movie director of mine. My Friedkin fantastic four are The Exorcist, Sorcerer, Cruising and To Live and Die in L.A.
Mr.friedkin had an arrogant vibe back then, not in this interview all that much but he had a reputation for sure.
..... Fantastic interview by young Mick Garris.
When he said 500... It was in between my discovering of the number twice which happens to be the address to a church, I had to take pictures. Another astronomical experience.
the nervousness is strong with this young one.
Fantastic interview! Was this a public access show?
recently discovered Friedkin is awesome to listen to. anyone got any recommendations?
w here We also have his POST MORTEM TV interview from a few years ago available to watch at mickgarrisinterviews.com. He’s a fascinating guy.
RIP William Friedkin. Agree with your assessment of Bogart's performance in Treasure Of The Sierra Madre.
Check out our new POST MORTEM interview with Joe Dante!
The interviewer has an Edward Norton resemblance, doesn't he?😋
Very good interview. Why wasn't it aired?
The Z Channel brass were afraid his comments about the makers of EXORCIST II were libelous, and were afraid to run it. This all came down while I was out of town, and I learned it after the fact.
+Mick Garris Interviews
Well, that's too bad. It should have aired. Although I happen to be in the extreme minority who think _The Heretic_ is actually better than the first one.
Exorcist 2 was a bad film, and it was done solely for commercial reasons. Now Exorcist 3, which came out 11 years after this interview, is a very good film which has some characters from the first one, but it's adapted from a Bill Blatty novel called "Legion" and directed by him. It mixes certain elements of the Exorcist with the story of the Zodic Killer. Actually Friedkin was picked by Blatty to direct it, but they had some creative difficulties and differences on the ending, and Friedkin wound up leaving the project. But if asked what he thinks about Exorcist 3, I can assure you he wouldn't be as hard on that as he was on Exorcist 2. Exorcist 3 has integrity, and is in and of itself a very worthwhile film. .
Friedkin is a fascinating and scathingly honest filmmaker of vast talents.
Exorcist II is a great movie and Scorsese said that is superior to the original one. In fact Boorman refused to direct the first one for the many moments of gore and verbal violence and a Vision too radical of Good and Evil. The second goes beyond Good & Evil with many memorable moments. Pure Vision
@do br He's not talking nonsense. He stating his opinion, just like you did right in this comment. Art is subjective.
Can we get an "and the like" compilation of Mick Garris
That's why you got to look freaking he just gives you his honest truth of opinion just like the Exorcist 2 and that's why his films are so good
Great interview! What are your top five William Friedkin films? My favorite are (1) "The Exorcist: Director's Cut", (2) "12 Angry Men", (3) "Rampage", (4) "Rules of Engagement", and (5) "To Live and Die in LA".
+FILMFIVEMINUTES My least favorite of Friedkin's films are "The Birthday Party", "Bug", "The Guardian", and "Killer Joe". I am sorry, but that is my opinion. However, I would put "The French Connection" in the top ten best list of his films! How about you? What are your favorite films and least favorite films directed by Friedkin? As mature movie buffs, I am sure we can agree to disagree.
(1) Sorceror.
You tell 'em, Man!
Friedkin is on another level in this one. The matter of factness of what his sayinf
I'm sure that a few yrs later in the 80's, he would have said; that The Exorcist would have been next to impossible to make.
wow! Poor John Boorman, Friedkin was wild about The Heretic
this Man is a genius very inteligente he is like James Cameron, Christopher Nolan, Francis Ford Coppola, Ridley Scott, Roman Polanski, Brian De Palma ... all famous Director in our time BUT his movie the Exorzist the most terrifying horror film of all time so i'm 33 today and never never watch this film alone this girl and her face and the story behind it this film is a masterpiece william friedkin is a legend
Rip friedkin🙏🙏
Interesting. What year was this?
About 1980
@@MickGarrisInterviews Oh, thanks. So Friedkin's about 45.
The interviewer's first question mentions it being 1979
@@paulsontag9233 Oh, thanks, I didn't notice.
Best Horror film ever
"A prize-winning horse woman"
Sure, Bill.
She actually was. She had several Blue Ribbons from Horse shows.
About the sequel I agree with Scorsese , the second chapter is superior about the idea behind the script and the junghian elements. The First One is a masterpiece for sure but indulges in gore and manichean idea of Good & Evil. The second in some way is beyond Good & Evil and the cast is Fantastic including the direction of Boorman, a True Visionary.
WP Blatty died early last yr, at the age of 89
666 likes! Coincidence? 😂 RIP Billy Freidkin sir!
👍 (APPLAUSE) Bill is a #MasterofCinema THE EXORCIST (1973) and SORCERER (1977).
Dude, I don’t want to upset Friedkin, his sharp comments would make me feel like and embarrassment for my alive and dead relatives alike
1979? That is only 6 years apart from 1973. Lol Funny because in 2015 they asked Bill the same question about making the movie in the present and he said No, you cant do it today.
6 years made a big difference at that time. yes, it would have been a (somewhat) different film had it been made 6 years later.
He's right.
You absolutely could NOT do this film today. In Europe in 1979, you could , but never in America. All of these filmmakers of the 70's were able to do things , just by a fluke, and it could not be repeated when producers were actually paying attention.
🤔 I have to agree . Exorcist ll:The Heretic pisses all over the original.They put so much money (for that time) & it's just plain awful.
Only Friedkin can compare Exorcist to Dickens and Tolstoy lol.
It is
Hairy tick
well...
Bill Blatty, I'd imagine, has made more $$$ than Poe; but, he has never become a great literary figure.
RlP
I was the 666th like of this video.
He's totally right about the sequel. Absolutely boring, badly written and pointless movie. It was made just to cash in on the success and Friedkin is just honest "they took the logo, a few characters and trashed them". If Blatty and himself had been on charge it could have been a good movie, just as Godfather Part II. Godfather II could have been a total disaster too.
+Fer Abra It's actually much better than the original.
TheDensley7 I thought trolls took Christmas vacation. Apparetnly some don't.
+TheDensley7 I agree. If nothing else (and Boorman's film it quite substantial and interesting philosophically), _Exorcist II: The Heretic_ is a visual masterpiece. Much credit to William Fraker for that.
It was far from being a cash grab, the problem with it commercially is it completely defied expectations.
It was unlike any other sequel in movie history, take that however you wish.
@@FungusMossGnosis I completely agree with your point of view! Honestly, THE EXORCIST is a nice chiller, with a very good cast and very well directed by Mr. Friedkin, but nothing more. It is certainly no masterpiece. It pulled the right ropes for a Catholic/Christian trained audience, but if you are not so, the whole premise is pretty puerile. Boorman had the intelligence of drifting away from this and providing a very thoughtful script, but as it has been said before, the audience was just expecting more of the same. We cannot blame them for that
He's a good director but it's been his misfortune to make movies that don't quite measure up to his first two masterpieces, especially financially. Some have been critical successes (Sorcerer, Rampage, Killer Joe, the version of Twelve Angry Men he directed for Showtime)Though it was very unlikely he'd make anything as great as those two, with the exception of "To Live and Die in LA", he hasn't really done anything since then that has been both commercially and critically successful. Still, he's a director of great relevance.
he's made better films, they aren't the end all/be all. they're just the most popular.
Mystery of invention... faith is inventing without evidence
-adore these interviews!
Thank you Mick Garris, I’m STILL discovering your golden contributions, cheers to you and yours.
So glad you're enjoying them, thank you. And if you don't know, we are in our sixth season of POST MORTEM podcast shows, where we've done well over 100 interviews with the cream of the horror crop. Hope you enjoy them!