Discussion with Filmmaker William Friedkin at New York Film Academy

[@RamseyMcV]

Old school. Loves answering questions and is obviously a film fan first. People like him are dying out. Great story tellers, very honest and not selling something or hiding behind a billion dollar brand.

[@Valkonnen]

I'm here, and am willing to answer any question based on my 35 years in film.

[@Bibbs65]

😊😊😊​@@Valkonnen

[@DKR-1881]

Hell yes. Well said.

[@UltimateNinja-fe6yh]

I could listen to and watch Friedkin talk about films for the rest of my life.

[@SailfishSoundSystem]

Agreed.

[@RoddyTullenz]

"Most movies should be watched with your emotions...I'm not looking at filmmakers for their philosophy, ideology, or psychology" So good, so true.

[@KrisBryant99]

Most of his movies are ironically rooted in all that you listed lol In fact a lot of 70s Cinema like Network and Chinatown was political

[@MaeyaTVusa]

The creator hinking is important

[@Bone237]

I watch them with both. They don't have to be mutually exclusive.

[@intuitiveimprints]

What a filmmaker and what a unique personality he was. Loved his sense of humor and his “tell it like it is” attitude. No BS with this man. He also was a filmmaker willing to take lots of risks. Sometimes they paid off big time and sometimes not. But the point is, he always stayed true to his vision and never compromised. He’s a legend in cinema and I will miss him dearly. RIP William Friedkin 🙏🏻

[@LorraineHinchliffe-vg5cb]

Spot on mate. RIP Billy Friedkin sir, the world is a far duller place without him❤

[@Tlamourep03]

This is one of the greatest american filmmakers in the history of cinema.

[@jonaslafonte9070]

The film world will never see another William Friedkin or any semblance of him.....

[@LorraineHinchliffe-vg5cb]

What a legend. RIP Billy Friedkin sir, the world is a far duller place without you!❤

[@SailfishSoundSystem]

Exactly. Look at the cesspool Hollywood pumps out now. Buy the films you love and and stop paying for all these dumb SaaS services that edit these films and they do. A lot. Same with music. Own a hard copy. Then copy that for future generations.

[@KenWenWinPow]

The Hithcock anecdote with the tie business is so good, what a life this man had, and the body of work he leaves behind 👏

[@ricarleite]

William Friedkin is the "teacher" director. He knows a LOT and he demands a lot from those who listen from him - and he is just brilliant.

[@nickfekula6617]

Why didn't he get a standing ovation?

[@dantedlane2]

@@nickfekula6617 hes dropping jewels my goodness sharing secrets he shouldnt

[@rossdiamondthief6627]

William Friedkin is a great/underrated and under appreciated Director now. He seriously deserves more love/attention now!

[@pressureworks]

Not by any means underrated nor under appreciated. Get out of here.

[@Golfstar17]

Underrated? Under Appreciated? Have you been living under a rock? He's been listed as one of the greats since the 70's

[@Superpowerless1]

I could listen to Friedkin all day..such an insightful, interesting guy

[@JosephHfx]

Buy his book....The Friedkin Connection.

[@tomhamilton5261]

One of the greatest film directors ever. Brilliant speaker and insightful man.

[@greg1mcintosh844]

The two months before the sudden passing or at least I didn't know he was on his way to passing of Leonard Cohen I became spontaneously and inexplicably obsessed with everything about him always interviews his music. I got in touch with the background poetry and music of my generation that I never directly paid attention to but was always there from that genius and when I had exhaust my interest listening excessively he died. Suddenly an out-of-the-blue two months ago I started being excessively excessively preoccupied with all things William friedkin. Is interviews these talks is movies blah blah blah I found out he died.. I've had that experience with other artists off and on in my life. Personally I think it's a gift some wonderful thing can't explain it I'm so glad that I could learn and feel who these people were under absolute on her obsessive genius I love that so much. Thank you Leonard and William. You live on

[@gterrymed]

He's so generous; with this interviews and lectures videos all over KZbin, its like he never left us.

[@JacobLomax]

Film Lecture where he also roasts the audience if they aren’t paying attention or yawning but also if they’re paying too much attention lol I WORSHIP THIS MAN !

[@philipperholland]

it is cool he totally rejects the sit in the chair and take questions before an audience format thing and immediately belittles the host and engages the audience haha

[@philipperholland]

charmingly of course

[@robertnegron9706]

Stand up comedy at its best.

[@stefanross8129]

.... He was GREAT.

[@judyd5011]

Ll I'm l

[@TheCreepyKroly]

This man is so hilarious. Very dry and no-nonsense. I love his approach to answers and telling stories. I hope nobody in the crowd interpreted him as being rude or in an unpleasant mood. This is a very particular sense of humor that not everyone gets, unfortunately.

[@davidsantacarla]

How lucky the world we’ve lived in to have Billy Friedkin.

[@snolan1990]

Willy Friedkin. Perhaps the greatest raconteur of all time.

[@СемёнПетров-з4щ]

i have ENDLESS respect for William Friedkin. What a legend!

[@bankcounsel]

This guy is basically my favorite now. After this Q&A, he leaped everyone else. What a performer himself.

[@sonpham32]

The French Connection and To Live and Die in L.A. are masterpieces. RIP.

[@particleboy3584]

'French Connection,' 'The Exorcist' and 'Sorcerer' - that lightning struck three times in one lifetime is incredible. And that's just three of the best, let alone everything else. One of a handful of geniuses of the New Hollywood.

[@Nintendonomics]

@@kramalerav Nah. He's one of the greats

[@kramalerav]

@@Nintendonomics Absolutely one of the greats..when working with the right material. Deal of the Century, The Guardian and Bug were all pretty terrible.

[@mnewman7775]

Live and Die in LA

[@tylertilwick6852]

I love any interview with Mr. William Friedkin! His knowledge about films and the craft of filmmaking, along with his anecdotes/stories were so entertaining to me! RIP Mr. Friedkin❤🙏

[@christofferjenzen78]

Even Friedkins failures have a quality and watchability to them,always great camera work and him trying to bring the stories to life. What a legend.

[@mrsbaylocksvideoemporium9621]

"Jesus...how do you qualify to get in here?!" hahaha I LOVE Willy Friedkin - raconteur par excellence!

[@marcusmorgan2373]

To Live and Die in LA is so god damned overlooked and underrated

[@mguevarra61]

A damn good film, if you ask me....

[@foosbooze263]

Along with Sorcerer.

[@marcusmorgan2373]

@@foosbooze263 agree...Sorcerer is one of the best films of the 70s

[@kramalerav]

@@foosbooze263 Sorcerer was an interesting misfire.

[@FrancoisDressler]

@@kramalerav Wrong.

[@samreid9106]

“Anyone know who Peter Boyle is? He was on Everybody Loves Raymond that stupid show.” I love Friedkin

[@kthx1138]

I like this guy, Friedkin--he's hilarious! He's a no-nonsense, no bullshit guy! His documentary-style realism is exactly what I go for when I make a film. I really love getting gorgeous images in almost no light.

[@rossdiamondthief6627]

There’s no phoniness or pretentiousness with William Friedkin. So humble and down to earth. Love this man!

[@anthonyjohnson8672]

i would pay big to listen to friedkin,he commands respect,brilliant guy

[@_scabs6669]

Hearing Bill Friedkin talk about other people's movies is much more invigorating than hearing Bill Friedkin talk about Bill Friedkin movies

[@escondido3901]

What an immense loss! Rest in peace Mr. William Friedkin! 🙏🙂🥀

[@Alexander-tj2dn]

French Connection and The Exorcist were such incredible and superb films.

[@hauntedhose]

He’s 82 years old ?? Looks f’ing amazing…god bless him and his no bullshit approach 🇺🇸🙏

[@generationselfie]

Dude you’re stupid, this was 12 years ago. Moron.

[@MindBat]

Mr. Friedkin is a movie directing GOD.

[@redmondo42]

Love this guy. So engaging to listen to, yet so unfiltered and irreverent as well. A true legend of cinema.

[@anameofsomesort959]

William Friedkin always sounds like he's ADRed over in interviews. What a voice.

[@roneteus]

Damn. Friedkin is the best. Would love to see him talk about his other works as well. Other than The French Connection and The Exorcist. He has so many overlooked movies that deserve more attention.

[@BrentWilkins7777]

Yep, such as his first feature film, “Good Times” (1967) starring Sonny and Cher. I would have loved to hear his views on that film.

[@artlover1477]

Agreed, his later movies Killer Joe and Bug were pretty darn good.

[@stevenmcnicoll5060]

I had the great pleasure of meeting him at the Edinburgh International Film Festival after a screening of Killer Joe. He was a delight to talk to. Modest, self deprecating and funny.

[@MrScopophiliac]

a beautiful man with such humour and generosity and great insight!

[@universaltalentbookings1389]

William Friedkin is Hilarious . and very entertaining . Man I would have loved to have worked with him on one of his sets.

[@jwilliams2965]

Great. Such a pleasure just to hear him talk about his passion. His director commentaries are just as good.

[@iangrant3615]

I love that part way through, he could tell that the interviewer's questions were going to just be quite basic questions that he had answered many times before, and he says put your questions away and just talks to the audience himself and tells stories. He knew what was needed, and didn't need the interruption of questions, and just told his standard set of stories. In another interview he told someone that when the questions aren't original, he just gives the same rehearsed answers, and it's true. He was as much a wonderful performer as he was a director, and would have made a great stand-up comedian. A class act indeed.

[@legendofbillyjean]

“Everything you see, we had to do.” That’s how you make a great movie!

[@Damiano0630]

An extremely bright and forthcoming man who speaks as well about the craft of film as anyone. This is a true master class for these students. Love the Nick Nolte vignette too.

[@sttarch5150]

I've watched thousands of YT vids and this is one of the best.

[@stefanross8129]

.... R.I.P. William Friedkin. We lost one of the great filmmakers.

[@markybgoode]

Wow!! The man is brilliant. I was entertained the entire time. Thanx for posting.

[@devin_shivmaster]

He didn't direct Paper Moon.. That was Peter Bogdanovich.

[@ThomasLuca]

To all you film students, listen and learn from Billy, because he's one of the few #MastersofCinema

[@rext8949]

I doubt whether Hitchcock would have ever done a standup Q&A ever . Freidkin's genius is his ability to choose a great story and then improvise the technique of filmmaking so that the audience could relate to it . Not surprisingly most of the participants in this session were all young . TFC was novel in it's approach .

[@alxandermurillo]

The last minute carries a heavy weight. We will keep trying. Thank you, sir. RIP.

[@MrOkami75]

Thanks for uploading this. He's a brilliant speaker.

[@stefanross8129]

..... I've met Billy friedkin a few times and he was great! He had such insights into filmmaking and his approach to making good movies. He's quite an inspiration.

[@antonioHR23]

this guy is such a great speaker its like watching stand-up setup-punchline setup-punchline

[@radonpq99]

Such an intelligent witty and brilliant person, only he could have pulled off a film like Exorcist, the film should have been given oscar for best picture and best director.

[@IMangame]

This guy got such presence. Probably the best director to listen to.

[@JamesMc2051]

Great directors have a really strong vision and idea and that comes through in him as a person. He knows what he likes and what he wants to do.

[@cnfuzz]

If you listen to him how he explains you understand why he was among the greatest directors.

[@Walber996]

What an incredible director...I will never forget the Exorcist...

[@chrisgjohnson134]

INCREDIBLE DIRECTOR AND AMAZING HUMAN .......

[@jrdoran]

Had a smile on my face while watching all the way thru. Such a charming, funny, and intelligent guy who commands the room. RIP

[@robertnegron9706]

I worked in the Randall’s wards island area back in the 80’s 90,s and 2000’s. Remember seeing the bridge they used in the final scene. Friedkin was rejected a permit for filming in that area by the parks Dept. So he had everyone show up real early before the parks DEPT knew what was happening. The rest is history. Great film making etc. one of the film greats.

[@chronoslv3]

I like how he doesn't bother sitting down and barely pays attention to the woman interviewer. This guy is real

[@z31rider24]

Fucken Bad Ass Director. Remembering some of the things Director John Carpenter said on his Movie Halloween; shot in 20 days, phenomenal. French Connection; shot in like 30 or 40 days. Incredible that Movie Directors were able to pull that off and make movie history.

[@UltimateNinja-fe6yh]

Friedkins 4 Underrated Films- Sorcerer, Rampage, Jade and The Guardian.

[@jared7237]

This is unbelievably good. Thank you for this upload @newyorkfilmacademy, sincerely.

[@schmui]

What a hero. "Don't pull too hard!", Linda Blair said. He didn't give a

[@JacobLomax]

Don’t go to film school: go to films and listen to Fridekin!

[@ThomasLuca]

*applause* THE EXORCIST (1973), SORCERER (1977) are masterpieces. And I'd love to see Fritz Lang Interviewed by William Friedkin (1975) Conversation with Fritz Lang. *thumbs up* Thank You, Bill, for terror-ific movie memories.

[@killbot_factory]

15:03 whoa, I had no idea that Friedkin had directed Peter Bogdanovich's classic film Paper Moon!

[@percyweasley9301]

Why didn't he get a standing ovation?

[@benjijack22]

R.I.P - What a film maker he was! 29/8/35 - 7/8/23

[@_scabs6669]

Did anybody else notice But I love how Friedkin projects confidence He is obviously a bull of a man in the absolute best and loveliest way He says "No stupid questions" in such a way that you know that no question is stupid I thought it was very interesting when I noticed in the comments that he's in his 80's He adds pauses for dramatic effect sometimes, but others it's for his own memory I love the way he asks "Am I putting you to sleep" It's not so much to demand attention at it is an interjection for his own sake, to take a breath and/or let his own memory buffer We can learn so much about charisma from this guy

[@1dbanner]

Sorcerer. Masterpiece.

[@kramalerav]

The Exorcist was a cinematic masterpiece. Sorcerer was an interesting misfire.

[@Romul099]

His best screenplay in my opinion

[@SquabbleBoxHQ]

Sorcerer absolutely his best film and a masterpiece.

[@thenewnationpodcast]

I feel like the first four vignettes could’ve been amazing films in themselves

[@Johnny_Savage]

How can the room not know Hitchcock's theory of suspense? It's perhaps the most well-known insight regarding filmmaking... I'm speechless

[@enriquesinghjr]

Underrated! Maybe he won't rank in most people's Top 10 best film directors of all time, but for many years I always thought of him as among my favorite people to listen to talk about cinema, through his interviews/commentaries he was one of my favorite film professors.

[@joeb5765]

"It meant zippo". I'm from Manchester and to see empty chairs at this event boggles my mind. He stands up throughout the entire event and doesnt get a standing ovation? I cannot empathise with these people. And its not even like he doesn't deliver. It's insightful and funny and extremely entertaining. For some reason these people aren't that arsed. I honestly don't get it.

[@RustyApper]

I'm up the road in Wigan and , ahhhh what I wouldn't give to be at an audience with Bill!

[@nigelinasia2088]

That audience did not deserve him. 猫に小判。

[@LorraineHinchliffe-vg5cb]

Spot on mate, I'm from Salford. RIP Billy Friedkin sir, the world is a far duller place without him❤

[@billybarnell1996]

I’m from down Sheffield way and I couldn’t agree more. RIP to a legend 💛

[@bigdad6993]

I watched this in between naps on a 20 hour flight to Europe. Such a great talk.

[@jimcameron1234]

Seven years ago he looks so fit for his age yesterday I was shocked about his looking three months ago in his fifty anniversary Interview

[@billjones8503]

The bang at the end I thought was one of those iron doors slamming. And to me was a stroke of genius. Great aural finale gave it gravitas.

[@JosephHfx]

I love listening to him...very compelling talker...

[@nickfekula6617]

excellent speaker

[@roquefortfiles]

Billy is the perfect conduit from the old to the new Hollywood. What a raconteur. And a very good film maker.

[@massi6528]

How come this only have 80000 views!? Thanks a lot for sharing. 👍

[@AoiHeartStranger]

I think there is value in endulging in the art of cinema instead of trying to make everything seem real. Thats what made Buster Keaton stuff so good. I really want to watch "To live and die in LA" now, cause it looks very cinematic, without any pretense.

[@NoemiGuzman6]

- Love William Friedkin ❤️👍🏼

[@GregoryGiordano]

Wonderful talk- Friedkin always delivers. But NYFA- PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE have someone hand off a mic to people asking questions!

[@Abyss60]

Good evening, I remember when the connection was released, a very popular program in France told us about the number of shots during the chase. we were impressed. this director had so much to tell, I sometimes watch his films with the bonus videos c'est le cinema!!!

[@ajones747]

excellent speaker

[@Freeskiingisdabest]

Friedkin is the definition of a badass.

[@crustafari]

He was so incredible - a one of a kind - RIP

[@ВанДайн-ш1щ]

Cool Friedkin, to listen to him is a pleasure.

[@greatdelusion7654]

A master of his craft. Literally no one else could’ve made The Exorcist. There’s a video somewhere in which Tarantino explains well why only Friedkin could’ve made it.

[@nikitamcconnell8027]

That’s a genius. In real life he’s probably an asshole but that’s a part of him being a genius. Marvelous speech.

[@dirbrody]

So glad I went to school there. Graduate of 2007...

[@cfx5000]

The director of the most powerful film that will ever be made. No one can take that away from him.

[@danieljp3048]

The chyron at 15:04 states Friedkin directed “Paper Moon.” He did not. Peter Bogdonovich did.

[@misterpowers5234]

RIP Legend🙏🕊

[@jeshkam]

I'm so in love with this guy. I truly wish he was my dad :))

[@eileen1820]

This man is hilarious!

[@Joe-rj3dy]

What an amazing man. I'm either going to have to drop one of my three choices for the proverbial dinner of a lifetime or go against the rules and add a fourth. There's no way I'm having that dinner without the great William Friedkin at the table. Richard Plantagenet III, Farouk Bulsara, and Penny Chenery would all be happy to see Billy at the table!!!

[@MalRome]

Imagine talking to film students who need to be explained who Peter Boyle or Jackie Gleason is