Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist

I understand what [director Alexandre O.] Philippe was doing and I admire it, but I probably admired it more than I enjoyed it.

I appreciated that this wasn't just a sugary celebration. Maybe you have to be a complete nerd for craft to love this, but I deeply loved it.

There aren't many filmmakers that could hold down this kind of intensive conversation and deserve this kind of space: Moreover, there are few films that can handle this kind of deconstruction 47 years after release.

William Friedkin is a hell of a character and a heck of a story-teller