Director William Friedkin, recipient of the 2013 Dallas Star Award, talks about his career in film at the 2013 Dallas International Film Festival presented by AutoNation Volkswagen Dealers.
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@vittoriostoraro11 жыл бұрын
I love listening to Mr. Friedkin speak. He is simply incapable of being dull.
@7otto6664 жыл бұрын
Correct. He's an amazing speaker. Not only articulate, but he great great delivery and cadence.
@ronaldh84465 жыл бұрын
I could listen to Friedkin talk about movies all day long.
@Alexander-tj2dn4 жыл бұрын
I just did.
@awl77884 жыл бұрын
Alex Curioso me too
@eoinbrennan39493 жыл бұрын
Me too. I've spent the past week watching interviews and talks with Billy friedkin......cant get enough of what he has to say.
@007einstien3 жыл бұрын
I just did too!
@iangrant361510 ай бұрын
me too :)
@jameycollins7255 жыл бұрын
He is so humble and easy to connect with. What a great Director!
@rossdiamondthief66272 жыл бұрын
Crusing, To Live and Die in L.A. and The Hunted are some of William Friedkin’s most underrated/under-appreciated films ever made
@billjones85032 ай бұрын
You are a legend Bill!!!! If you only made The French Connection you'd go down in the annals of film making history for that brilliant work alone!
@dilmao10 жыл бұрын
Great interview, Friedkin is the shit!
@bigfanboy8 жыл бұрын
+dilmao thanks! It was a lot of fun to do.
@veritas633510 ай бұрын
If you say something dumb, Friedkin's not going to let you get away with it, as this critic finds out. Friedkin doesn't tolerate fools so you'd better bring your A game. He was brilliant and a terrific filmmaker.
@kennethleoganda98055 жыл бұрын
One of the great film makers of our time.
@bigfanboy10 жыл бұрын
frogtastic1000 - I can't fault him on the name slip up for two reasons. When he came in to sit down and do this interview, the last person he met before we rolled was the director named "Mike", so that was the name fresh in his head. Secondly, I know a guy like Bill easily meets (I would imagine) 1000 people a week, so I'm sure at some point he stops remembering names. Regardless, he was fantastic, and I cherish this interview. The following day he did a Q&A for THE EXORCIST, which was hosted by someone else, and when he was a few minutes into it he spotted me in the audience... stopped in mid-sentence, waved at me and said "Is that Mark? Hi Mark!" It was hilarious.
@chasedwards96267 ай бұрын
What an endearing story! RIP William
@stefanross81294 жыл бұрын
..... Such a phenomenal director! He's so brilliant
@MarthaMcCrum2 жыл бұрын
I lovve Mr.Friedkin’s sense of humor!!
@tomhamilton52613 жыл бұрын
Mr Friedkin is a brilliant visionary. Excellent filmmaker and teacher. It’s always an educational experience whenever he is interviewed.
@yournamehere71822 ай бұрын
Love & miss you Bill 💕
@birsay1233 жыл бұрын
I would ask him, “where do you get your ideas from?”
@samhasanain484110 ай бұрын
What a endearing interview. 😂
@TheDurim876 ай бұрын
RIP the Legendary William Friedkin a Master
@ilpezkato6 жыл бұрын
Absolute master!!! Thank you for posting.
@JHallenbeck10 ай бұрын
So glad he was asked about The Hunted. That is one of my favourites from him in the latter half of his career. A chase thriller stripped to the bone.
@Dolores50002 жыл бұрын
This is prolly the finest interview of the mighty WF! Thank you for sharing
@melodramacaminante8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting.
@massimopellegrinimusic4 жыл бұрын
The best American director ever.
@chasedwards96267 ай бұрын
What an endearing interview 😂
@jamesdrynan4 ай бұрын
Mr. Friedkin is a skilled raconteur and a formidable director. I share his passion for all things Hitchcockian. For instance, in Psycho, there is a unique camera shot when the detective, Arborgast, is looking at the motel's registry book. Norman leans over to see the page and the shot is taken from below his throat. Totally weird. Very Alfredo.
@clrscr2k11 жыл бұрын
friedkin is hilarious .. ".that it on the french connection ?!? .. one of the greatest films.." .. gotta love that guy
@jobmartin95613 жыл бұрын
Kudos, kudos, kudos, to this man interviewing Mr. Friedkin. He got into Sorcerer, Exorcist, Cruising, (my fav) To Live And Die, and Rampage. Thank you for that. Rampage is scary. What about cruising? Literally hair-raising. And Sorcerer is just one of the best films ever made. It has that wonder teeth from the get-go that Deliverance has. What a superb interview. I guess we all with Friedkin would make one more really awesome straight forward challenging movie. I hope so much he gets to do it. And I would talk to him about Jade. That's a really great movie. Thanks for this interview and posting.
@jobmartin95613 жыл бұрын
i mean to say To Live And Die In LA is my fav. I'm so happy this man did such a comprehensive questioning; he hit these films that are so important. Great interview!
@sonpham3210 ай бұрын
"Filming action scenes is like knitting, one shot at a time." RIP Mr. Friedkin
@abyios10 жыл бұрын
He says he doesn't do screen tests with actors...but he said in another interview that he tested Jason Miller (RIP) for his role as Father Karras with actress Ellen Burstyn. And Ellen didn't like him. Oh well. This is a great INTERVIEW with William Friedkin and anyone who is wondering if they should watch it, YEA, YOU SHOULD. It's Good. It's like sitting down in the livingroom with the great Director and having an after dinner chat with him. (Highly Recommended)
@bigfanboy8 жыл бұрын
+abyios glad you liked it! He was a delight.
@brainsareus5 жыл бұрын
He tested them acting together, AFTER, they were already in the cast. A screen test; is what is done before hiring, by other directors. not the same thing, bud.
@ltcolumbo97082 жыл бұрын
Think he said he does not do audition for actors. Screen test is different besides he done test Jason Miller to "shut him" up. It was unimpressive...until he saw the dailies
@z853c72 жыл бұрын
Mike, the interviewer, got roasted big league here. Friedkin great
@danboy77 Жыл бұрын
William Friedkin is one of my all time favourite Humans.
@BelfastBoxingNBlues8 ай бұрын
You have dogs you'd rate above Friedkin?
@nickberardo92439 ай бұрын
The French Connection, Exorcist. these were powerful films made in the early seventies and could be said were ahead of their time. William Friedkin once said 'I know how to give the audiences 1 and half hours packed with a real thrill' he certainly did. Though, in one of his interviews, he said Sorcerer, 'it was not to the public taste' No. it was a great film. RIP W. Friedkin.
@elizabethanderson29682 жыл бұрын
One of the greats
@andrewbarclay19232 жыл бұрын
What happened the the 'Rampage' BluRay release Friedkin talked about in this interview? Because I've searched and it ain't out there. It's still a 'lost' film
@Wildcock232 жыл бұрын
Yeah I’d really like to know about that too!
@nicholasstathoulopoulos47442 жыл бұрын
I held onto the VHS for years and for reasons I can't recall I purged it during a move...! Kicking myself.
@MalRome9 ай бұрын
It's strange how both of them don't mention that Michael Shannon originally played the role in BUG onstage and that's obviously how he made the film. he also was in the original cast of Killer Joe playing the son Off Broadway.
@paulcolbourne91122 жыл бұрын
I don't think the interviewer clued in to the fact that it sounded like he was saying 'endearing' not 'enduring'. Friedkin was making a clear distinction in enunciation to make the point. I'm not sure the Interviewer ever got it.
@histubeness4 жыл бұрын
Great interview. --One thing that WF was wrong about (fortunately, IMO) was saying that film is dead, and everything is now shot digitally. It wasn't true in 2013, and still isn't true, as I post this in Aug., 2019. Also, Kodak never went out of business. Kodak is still making motion picture film. For example, La La Land (2016) and, as I write this, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, were both shot on Kodak film, not digitally. --OTOH, digital can look great, if it works for the subject matter, and the right camera is used. Drive (2011) for instance, looks fantastic, and was shot digitally, with the right camera, and the right lighting. I don't think it would have been improved if it had been shot on film. It depends on the subject matter and the camera used.
@nickbirkhead7238 Жыл бұрын
amazing interview. anyone know anything about the mention of Rampage on bluray? was it scheduled and then cancelled?
@Bluzian742 жыл бұрын
Legend.
@erikramaekers639 жыл бұрын
Friedkin talked about filming every scene in one take because it's fresh and looks and sounds more realistic.I think he's right and i hope killer joe wasn't his last movie.(Friedkin is only 79 years old and looks 65)
@lukeallan88763 жыл бұрын
Most famous director,
@garrybaldy3274 жыл бұрын
In 1976, Friedkin and Spielberg both wanted Steve McQueen for Sorcerer and Close Encounters. In the end, they cast Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss from Jaws. McQueen would not have worked as Roy Neary, but would have been perfect as Jackie Scanlon.
@allsystemsgo86788 жыл бұрын
Cool interview. I'm assuming Killer Joe will be Friedkin's last film. Good way to go out.
@kianucollis39297 жыл бұрын
Why his last film....Has he passed away...??
@KevinStriker7 жыл бұрын
No, just 'cause the dude is old. He might not look it, but he's 81.
@allsystemsgo86787 жыл бұрын
Killer Joe is already 5 years old and he's not working on anything.
@CelestialWoodway6 жыл бұрын
The Devil and Father Amorth is a 2017 documentary film directed by William Friedkin
@LeroyKinkade4 жыл бұрын
This man was seriously a one off.
@michaelq49 Жыл бұрын
What?
@BunnyMan45611 жыл бұрын
I shot a short film on KODAK film stock only last weekend. Film is not dead. Take advantage of your age and use it.
@alexconn61495 жыл бұрын
They are movies
@charleswinokoor60232 жыл бұрын
“Like like …” Too bad Hitchcock wasn’t around to conduct this interview. “Excorsist” was very scary and creepy and expertly crafted. But all this talk about good and evil and faith is so much blather. Christopher Hitchens for the most part got it right when he analyzed religious belief. The interviewer is obviously a fan, but it doesn’t seem as though he did his homework. Even I know from listening to other interviews that Friedkin has said he was forced to cut scenes from “Cruising” that actually showed some of those guys in the club engaging in rough sex. The interviewer should have asked him how that came about and whether Friedkin thought it diminished the overall impact of the finished product.
@frogtastic100010 жыл бұрын
mike....i mean mark
@reedlanger59889 жыл бұрын
lol at 50:18
@fouryearproductions4 жыл бұрын
I guess they forgot about Jade
@birsay1234 жыл бұрын
Why does fried kin wear his pants like that
@garrybaldy3274 жыл бұрын
What is "fried kin"? Is that when someone drops their granny in the deep fat fryer?
@transylvanianite3391 Жыл бұрын
Nobody can tell W.F. anything on filming. They would always fail miserably. It's inevitable
@MalRome9 ай бұрын
This guy couldn't correct himself to say "enduring" than "endearing" ?
@jamessandy58735 жыл бұрын
It amazes me that the jackass that I've seen and heard in this and other interviews is the same man who did such a brilliant job directing classic films like The Exorcist and The French Connection. The interviewer here is not at all impressive either. A few interesting things come out of this interview, but overall I found it somewhat uncomfortable if not painful to listen to.
@daveradstock75075 жыл бұрын
How do you come to the conclusion that legendary Film director William Friedkin is a jackass, what qualifies you to make such an ignorant and disrespectful assumption. William Friedkin is a master, many of his films have been copied, when you achieve anything remotely on the level of Friedkin, then you may be entitled to offer such an opinion.
@thebattleroyale5 жыл бұрын
And how is he a jackass? Watching interviews from him totally explains how he did such a brilliant job directing classic films like The Exorcist and The French Connection.
@Alexander-tj2dn4 жыл бұрын
You are an idiot who can´t understand such a great and witty artist.
@zigzagbigbag4 жыл бұрын
Sorry but the Godfather wasn't groundbreaking...the Exorcist was.
@angelopollock5227 Жыл бұрын
He was a a## hole who acted like a dictator to his workers and abused a 13yr old girl for a movie and now his last hit was almost 50years old he's was overated as a director