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ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS SHOPPING FOR DEATH MOVIE
It is either ironic that neither Friedkin nor William Peter Blatty, author of the novel on which the movie was based, regarded this as a horror story but rather as a drama, to be as fully and richly explored as any other. The sequence is terrifying, not just because of its desaturated images and the naturalistic performances that capture the heat, sweat and humidity of the locale, but also because of a soundtrack in which a buzzing, insistent sound reminiscent of flies - perhaps the lord of the flies himself - grows ever louder and more menacing. The Exorcist (1973), one of his most admired films, begins in a Middle Eastern desert, where an old man stumbles through an archeological site toward a hole where something - who knows what? - has arrested others’ attention. A true cineaste, he in turn was revered by a younger generation indeed, shortly before Damien Chazelle became the youngest director to win an Oscar (for La La Land), he made a pilgrimage to Friedkin’s home high up in Bel-Air just to meet the filmmaker.ĭive Into 'The Exorcist' With New Hollywood Reporter Podcast 'It Happened in Hollywood'Įven in a work that might have been a B movie with another helmer, Friedkin could dazzle with his skill and originality. It would have surprised Hitchcock that Friedkin revered the master’s work, as he did that of Orson Welles, whose Citizen Kane he saw for the first time when he was 25. When Alfred Hitchcock told him off for not wearing a tie on the set (he had hired the young filmmaker in 1965 for an episode of NBC’s The Alfred Hitchcock Hour), Friedkin got his revenge: The night he won the Directors Guild Award for The French Connection (1971), passing Hitchcock on his way from the podium, he yanked his snap-on bow-tie and quipped: ‘How do you like the tie, Hitch?’ “ One might debate who among these helmers was the most talented, but not even the bravest of them could rival the Chicago native’s willingness to tilt at the establishment. Several of its members at one time joined forces to create The Directors Company in an attempt to give themselves the independence they cherished, though internal disagreements led to its dissolution, not long after they had collectively turned down Star Wars. He was part of a brilliant generation of filmmakers who upended the studio system, making movies that were provocative, individualistic and antiauthoritarian. (1985) and Bug (2006), were marked by an exceptional visual eye, a willingness to take what might have been a genre subject and treat it with high seriousness and a sense of how sound could add a subterranean layer of dread, mystery and dissonance to his stories - a haunted and haunting quality that lifted his visceral works into another realm, conveying a preternatural sense of “fear and paranoia, both old friends of mine,” as he said in his 2013 memoir, The Friedkin Connection. His pictures, which also included Sorcerer (1977), To Live and Die in L.A. He was 87.įriedkin died of heart failure and pneumonia at his home in Bel Air, his wife, former producer and studio head Sherry Lansing, announced. You'll find the link for this episode on the Season 7 page.William Friedkin, the Oscar winner behind The French Connection and The Exorcist who was one of the most admired directors to emerge from a wave of brilliant filmmakers who made their mark in the 1970s, died Monday. A carnival magician takes a young male runaway under his wing, with unexpected results. It's a fun one called The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS SHOPPING FOR DEATH SERIES
Lastly, "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" had an episode that was pulled from broadcast in 1961 because it was considered too ghastly for broadcast by sponsors (Revlon) but it eventually was seen on TV when the series went into a syndication package. Perfect ingredients for thrills and chills.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS SHOPPING FOR DEATH PLUS
It's a winner you have a stormy night, with a maniac on the loose, plus a spooky house. It's about 48 minutes long.Īlso, arguably the best episode of "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" was the one called An Unlocked Window (S3 E17). I just watched and it was highly enjoyable. I have to alert viewers in case they missed it: you ought to go into the bonus materials here (found under "Video Extras") and watch the episode of the television series "Suspicion". It's a treat to discover Hitch's television films here, all in the same place for viewing pleasure.
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