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Friedkin, who died Aug. 7, won an Oscar 1972 for The French Connection. "Some of the most interesting, fascinating people that I've ever known are on the other side of the law," he said in 1988.
Friedkin, who died Aug. 7, won an Oscar 1972 for The French Connection. "Some of the most interesting, fascinating people that I've ever known are on the other side of the law," he said in 1988.
William Friedkin’s The Devil and Father Amorth, in theaters this week, follows the titular Vatican exorcist as he performs his ninth exorcism on the same woman.
What we learned from reading 'The Exorcist Legacy: 50 Years of Fear.'
When he made his 1973 classic, The Exorcist, WILLIAM FRIEDKIN had never seen an exorcism, and for decades he wondered how close his film had come to reality. Last May, in Rome, the director was allowed to film as Father Amorth—a 91-year-old Vatican legend who would die just four months later—fought to expel Satan from an Italian woman. It began a chilling investigation into the phenomenon of possession