William Friedkin on Terrence Malick

[@patrickstuart3497]

Terrence Malick was asked to comment on Friedkins remarks but became enraptured by the plumage of a passing goose and insisted on following it on it's migration..

[@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044]

"I don't give a flying fuck through a rolling donut what William Friedkin thinks." --Terrence Malick

[@joe5333]

Because Friedkin's analysis is dismissive and dense, and Malick cares about more interesting things.

[@JuandeFucaU]

Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, eh? Beautiful plumage!

[@Puppiesforpeace]

Hahaha 🤣

[@FlipFlopZipZop]

@@joe5333if anyone is allowed to have an opinion on another directors work, it’s William Friedkin. This reminds me of when people got mad at at Scorsese for his comments on superhero movies. Like, yes, those comments are dismissive, but this man is a master! He’s allowed to have a hot take or two.

[@timchuck9969]

Friedkin is a novelist and Malick is a poet. It’s as simple as that.

[@achasingafterthewind]

"Two people are talking, and the camera starts going up a tree!" That could be literally any Malick film.

[@johnrunion5357]

yeah, any malick film post badlands and days of heaven. honestly i wish he/malick had not come out of retirement.

[@lesryglrhfohser]

@@johnrunion5357 all his films are incredible and better than ever

[@JoshuaOkwuosa]

“If two people are talking, you might want the camera on them” Top tier film criticism😂😂

[@loganperry5167]

I like both these directors,so I really dig the audience laughter. Thanks JWBS

[@NoirFan84]

I can watch Days Of Heaven a million times & never tire of losing myself in the visual splendour of the whole thing. Some of my favourite films are ones with paper thin plots but it doesn't matter because you get so lost in the imagery that everything else becomes secondary, Days Of Heaven is top of that list of films for me personally.

[@postmodernrecycler]

Exactly. Plot is not unique to cinema; moving imagery is.

[@ronaldh8446]

Agreed. I'm not a huge fan of Malick myself and Friedkin I could listen to talk about movies day on end. I agree with him here but Days Of Heaven is the exception. That movie transported me to a time in America I could only read about. It is a masterpiece of cinema and one of the medium's true works of art.

[@NeRo84]

I miss Billy so much man

[@ronaldh8446]

I've written this comment and never mind repeating it... I'll miss Friedkin making movies but I think I'll miss hearing him talk about movies even more.

[@ddewittfulton]

It's almost like different filmmakers have different styles of filmmaking.

[@MintyFreshTurds]

Or lean on a crutch of perceived symbolism.

[@murrayroodbaard207]

I prefer directors being honest over directors always blowing smoke up each others asses. Good on you, William.

[@varrick1226]

Both directors are immensely talented but in different ways.

[@isaachaze1]

The Thin Red Line is one of my favorite movies. Can't speak to anything else Malick has done. As far as Friekin, and I know it's not necessarily well regarded, but I love To Live and Die in L.A. and it makes me think of one of my favorite directors, Michael Mann.

[@johnrunion5357]

badlands and days are heaven are great films, but from thin red line forward i really don't care for his work.

[@jessediaz1293]

That’s because Michael Mann recommended William Peterson to William Friedkin and he put him as the lead in “To Live In Die In LA”.

[@ronaldh8446]

Malick's Days Of Heaven is a work of art. Friedkin's The French Connection, The Exorcist, Sorcerer and To Live & Die In L.A. are classics.

[@rustyshackelford934]

Friedkin is just grounded in film traditionalism. All of his films are in line with a typical narrative or plot based film. Where he is telling you a story like a pulp novel or something. He’s not the experimental type that Malick is. I appreciate Friedkin, The French Connection is fucking amazing-that was him in his experimental phase (more so because of restrictions though lol as opposed to a desire to find something new) and it was wonderful, one of the best films of the 1970s, and one of the best NYC pictures period-among other of his films, but he’s got some stinkers as well. Same for Malick. Malick hits some real magic sometimes, when he does it’s spectacular, but he also has some that don’t connect, but I appreciate him for trying, for reaching out and trying to grab something different. I appreciate them both immensely for what they do. They both have their place. But if I had to pick the one that will be remembered for pushing the medium forward, it will be Malick. A lot of people might hate his shit-generally the most revolutionary shit is the most polarizing-but he’s the one trying to expand the cinematic language. It’s as simple as that.

[@pikebishop8516]

The small talk is overrated, this is a whirlwind of emotions, when you have a crush. "You're gorgeous, I love you so much" this is trite! I would never thought Friedkin said that really. He loved European films, they are experimental. Sorcerer, cruising were experiences, even extremes!

[@pillettadoinswartsh4974]

Aw, the man who brought so many new ways of making films, has reached the age where he cannot abide the truly new. That's what hindered Albert Einstein, who gave us relativity theory but then died not being able to abide the even deeper truths of quantum physics. "plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose" - Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr

[@likearollingstone007]

Get off my lawn Friedrin

[@nms7872]

Always liked the fact that To The Wondee was roger eberts last movie review And Ben afflecks take on the movie where he asked if the actor or a tree was more important to the camera

[@sgrafx]

😂. Bill was never one to mince words.

[@Just-n9x]

Terrence Malick is a genius

[@damazywlodarczyk]

of farts

[@BrianMcInnis87]

It's known as the Tao, Willy. Very finely worked-out system it took Terry five movies to perfect.

[@JosephDutra]

I don't care, Terrence Malick makes beautiful films in my opinion. I think it's more about the experience of watching his films than trying to understand it.

[@ChachiTelevision1979]

I really like Terrence Malick -- I think his stuff is incredible...but I LOVE Friedkin, and his commentary is always the best.

[@BrianMcInnis87]

It's like hearing Brian Regan trash-talk Patton Oswalt.

[@Anson120]

And why does AfffLacK get to get near my crush,Rachel McAdams. So messed up.

[@TheAutistWhisperer]

Based.

[@Ryan-Petre]

Malick mastered the art of saying nothing while pretending to say something.

[@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044]

You're thinking of Quentin Tarantino and Christopher Nolan.

[@Ryan-Petre]

@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044 I'm not sure about Tarantino, he seems relatively open about the fact that his films are entertainment first. But with Malick the message is the 'entertainment".

[@brianvail9212]

Is Friedkin speaking at a comedy club?

[@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044]

Malick's style works the more grand the story/setting. It doesn't really work in a suburb.

[@tetrorisvolto]

I think it simply depends on the story. Tree of Life is mostly shot in a suburb but the story has a larger than life breadth. To the wonder and to a lesser extent Knight of Cups do feel like parodies of himself, though. I still think his best film remains Badlands, when his style was a bit more in check.

[@WalterBurton]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Chandler_strickland002]

😂😂😂😂

[@hegstad9]

This was typical Friedkin. He should've tried to be a little more respectful of other directors.

[@scottclapperton2728]

“I dont give a flying fuck into a rolling donut what Terrence Malick thinks” - Inaccurate Friedkin quotes

[@jessediaz1293]

Friedkin is the greatest 😂

[@pendorran]

Walk it off

[@gmac9201]

I'm a big Malick fan but I don't think Friedkin is being disrespectful here, he's just genuinely baffled by the decision-making in To the Wonder. I also think he's got a point, it's arguably Malick's worst film.

[@ClaudeLapouble]

I completely agree with Friedkin. I personally cant stand Malick's camera style. 'Days of Heaven' did not touch me at all.

[@Rauhaas]

Malick's works are either masterpieces (Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line, Badlands) or some of the most pointless overly artsy, fartsy nonsense drivel ever made (pretty much everything else).

[@coath514]

I remember hearing so much about how great Tree of life was and went to see it in 2011. 13 years later I'm still waiting for the movie to get started

[@VagueElaboration]

Ok boomer

[@Bale4Bond]

Uwe Boll‘s rant on Malick‘s pretentious horseshit films is still my favorite.

[@TxxT33]

first of all Uwe Boll shouldn't be criticizing ANYONE about ANYTHING film related. Man made stinker after stinker.

[@Bale4Bond]

@ His own lack of ability shouldn‘t forbid him from having an opinion.

[@jessediaz1293]

I’d rather watch Assault On Wall Street or Rampage than the pretentious tree movie 😂

[@seanclay7121]

Absolutely hate TM films. They are boring, pointless, and really long for no reason imo.

[@nms7872]

Boring and long. Fine Definitely not pointless

[@BloodIncantationTab]

To the Wonder is an undeniably terrible film.

[@JuandeFucaU]

my mom was in an iron lung for months because of that fucked up fire scene in Days of Heaven.... when the crew and set are in flames..... and the smoke machine explodes..... and you're in the middle of the prairies in endless wheat fields..... do you really want your director focussing on a tree?

[@hetmanjz]

Oh my gosh, was your mother really injured during filming of that scene?? Sorry to hear that if so.

[@JuandeFucaU]

@@hetmanjz she was only the script supervisor so no biggie, right... it's not like Terry needed her.... or a script... or words.... or ideas... oh, look! a bird! get a shot of that bird!

[@marklulham3148]

How sad