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According to Segaloff, Friedkin told him, “I want you to write a score even better than the one you did for ‘Citizen Kane,'” to which Hermann allegedly replied, “Then make a better film than ‘Citizen Kane.”
Source: https://www.rep-am.com/life-arts/books/2023/08/14/how-well-do-you-know-the-exorcist-answers-at-end/
A couple of years later, William Friedkin contacted Blatty to turn it into a film, and Blatty wrote the script.
Source: https://screenrant.com/exorcist-movie-true-story-regan-roland-doe-explained/
A few of them – Francis Ford Coppola, Peter Bogdanovich, William Friedkin – even tried to start American arthouse studio in San Francisco in the early 1970s, making their movies far away from the studio executives.
Source: https://thenewdaily.com.au/entertainment/movies/2023/08/08/william-friedkin-cinema-legacy/
Director William Friedkin most famously depicted the devil in the 1973 movie scaring audiences to the extent it caused “fainting, vomiting and heart attacks in cinemas”.
Source: https://thenewdaily.com.au/entertainment/2023/04/05/russell-crowe-the-popes-exorcist/
Director William Friedkin wasn’t happy with the soundtrack until he found the perfect song by accident.
Source: https://collider.com/the-exorcist-theme-song-tubular-bells/
Friedkin had three brief marriages in the 1970s and ’80s, to French actress Jeanne Moreau; British actress Lesley-Anne Down, with whom he had a son; and longtime Los Angeles TV news anchor Kelly Lange.
Friedkin made sure that his research was complete and detailed, and this was particularly true when Reagan goes to the Barringer Clinic and is checked out.
Source: https://gamerant.com/the-exorcist-horror-movie-controversy-explained/
Friedkin - who started his career in local TV and documentary projects - never recaptured the success that he achieved in the 1970s, when he was one of the leading lights in the movie business.
In this cut, director William Friedkin reinserted the bloody version of the spider walk, using CGI to erase the wires, and remastering the footage to fit with the rest of the film, much to Blatty's delight.
Source: https://screenrant.com/exorcist-movie-regan-spider-walk-scene-deleted-restored-why/
“William Friedkin was my first friend among the filmmakers of my generation and I grieve for the loss of a much-loved companion,” five-time Oscar winner Coppola wrote.
Source: https://deadline.com/2023/08/william-friedkin-death-francis-ford-coppola-tribute-1235457042/
With The French Connection, Friedkin introduced new levels of complexity and intensity to the police thriller.
Source: https://screenrant.com/william-friedkin-best-movies-ranked/