‘The Exorcist’ director William Friedkin dies at 87

He plans to premiere his next film at the Venice Film Festival.

Cinema wouldn’t be the same without it William Friedkin.director gave us french connection (1971) and exorcist (1973) Died at the age of 87.His widow Shirley Lansing confirmed that he died of heart failure and pneumonia at his home in Los Angeles.His last public appearance was at the Venice Film Festival a decade ago, and he plans to return to the event this year to show caine mutiny court martial

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During his 50-year career, he has worked with such actors as Benicio del Toro, Matthew McConaughey, Tommy Lee Jones, Jack Lemmon and Samuel L. Jackson . In his posthumous film, he will feature Kiefer Sutherland and Jason Clarke. The film focuses on the trial of an officer accused of mutiny after taking command of the ship he was working on. Based on the novel by Herman Wouk, kane mutinyhas been made into a movie many times.

a fabulous but erratic director

if with french connection Create a new style of police and gangster movies and left behind scenes such as the Brooklyn subway chase – still reproduced today – exorcist It also changed the horror genre forever.

Linda Blair’s films have taken the world by storm, grossing $500 million at the box office, godfather, opened the era of blockbusters. He’s been called one of New Hollywood’s greatest, along with Francis Ford Coppola, Dennis Hopper, Martin Scorsese, and Brian De Palma, but he’s not quite where he should be. After a smooth start, Friedkin’s career was full of ups and downs..

his next step is accursed accusationretake price of fear, a classic by French Henri-Georges Clouzot.The movie was a critical failure, and at the box office, it had bad luck — or poor programming — to meet star warsCreated by his friend George Lucas. This disappointment marked the beginning of his fall, from which he never got up again..

“I love the experience of making a movie,” Friedkin told era 1989, “I love dirt. I love dirt. I love all the inconveniences. That’s why you’re doing it. If you’re doing it because you want to be a great American filmmaker, you might be disappointed. I’ve never been disappointed with any of my movies because they all brought back great memories for me.including some countries that fared worse than others”.

and Living and Dying in Los AngelesReleased in 1985, it received good reviews but was labeled an independent film. It found refuge on television in the 1990s and barely hit theaters in the early 2000s.his only movie is

hunted person, loophole and killer joein addition to documentaries focusing on exorcist, The Devil and Father Amos.

“I have no reason to be a filmmaker”the filmmakers declared era 2012. “I never studied film, I never went to university. I just got into film because my own interests aligned with those of the public and audience at the time, and I was young. I managed to keep going with the same combination of ambition, luck and God’s grace”.