Hollywood's Best Film Directors
William Friedkin
Season 1 Episode 13 | 25m 21sVideo has Closed Captions
Friedkin discusses storytelling, emotional impact and his iconic 1970s films like The Exorcist.
William Friedkin discusses storytelling, emphasizing emotional impact and shares behind-the-scenes insights into creating iconic films like The French Connection and The Exorcist. The Oscar-winning director believesthat endings should often be left somewhat ambiguous and touches on his documentary-style directing that changed the landscape of of 1970s crime thrillers.
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Hollywood's Best Film Directors is a local public television program presented by THIRTEEN PBS
Hollywood's Best Film Directors
William Friedkin
Season 1 Episode 13 | 25m 21sVideo has Closed Captions
William Friedkin discusses storytelling, emphasizing emotional impact and shares behind-the-scenes insights into creating iconic films like The French Connection and The Exorcist. The Oscar-winning director believesthat endings should often be left somewhat ambiguous and touches on his documentary-style directing that changed the landscape of of 1970s crime thrillers.
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