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William Friedkin one of the most interesting directors we have had. Could listen to him talk film all night.

Big oof trying to justify the kkk jesus. maybe slaves were sick of being raped for centuries huh

William 'based as fuck' Friedkin (7:16 - 7:47)

Billy would no doubt smack me if I said this to his face, but I'll take The Exorcist and Sorcerer over Citizen Kane and Rashamon any day of the week.

I am a huge fan of Friedkin. Growing up in the 1970s, The French Connection was just a seminal film. Everything about it, the plot, the music, the actors, the mood, the pacing, the photography, made it a masterpiece and I still watch it over and over again to this day as one of my favorite movies ever. Then learning about how The French Connection was made is grossly enlightening and educational. Not a fan of The Exorcist which also was huge in the 1970s and 80s and really twisted some people's brains when they saw it. But I'm not a horror fan, though like Friedkin, I love Rosemary's Baby as well as the original Night of the Living Dead. But I cannot abide by his defense of The Clansman, I mean Birth of a Nation. Sure the movie is important for its contributions to cinema and sure it is a historically important American film, and some may still find it entertaining, it was the first blockbuster movie and so on. But to say criticisms of the content are merely based on political correctness is to throw a white hood over your head and join MAGA. But I respect Friedkin's right to say what he thinks and deeply admire his work and views on cinema.

7;40 huh?

For me? Top 3 directors. Ever. Period.

The man looks remarkable at 77 here

I met Bill Friedkin and he's a good guy but he honestly doesn't know what he's talking about defending the KKK in Birth of A Nation with a lie. It wasn't because of black men raping white women. Black men were hung for a lark just for being suspected of even looking at a white woman. Emett Till was an example of that. KKK has always been terrorism, not any sort of justice.

Lol yo being black in Amerikkka is wild. You can be minding your business listening to a great Filmaker list his favorite films and then BOOM…racism.

Steve McQueen was best in Papillon...not great escape or bullitt

Legend.

I'm surprised he overlooked Chinatown.

He nailed it about modern film....all style- no substance...and the one's that go for substance are bullshit.

This man has the perfect taste and understanding about cinema. I am truly impressed.

I took what he said about “Birth of a Nation” as that was what DW Griffith thought, or what the movie was positing, if you repeat a movies plot you saw that makes it your opinion?

4uck this bigot and his praise of Birth of a Nation. What he said is hot trash. Rest in piss.

What he said about the KKK is crazy af

Did my man bill just say Ku Klux Klan came about because newly freed slaves were raping and pillaging? Did my man bill just make Ku Klux Klan out be avengers looking out for the good of society? Wtf

“The Ku Klux Klan was justified because [Klan propaganda repeated verbatim]” is a hell of a take. Love your movies, William, but rest in piss, bud.

So nobody is going to call out his racism and lies. They he literally tries to justify the KKK. The claim that recently freed black people were rampaging, committing crime and rape is pure bullshit kkk propaganda!! He may have been a great director but that level of ignorance is staggering. The fact that all of youbin the comments didn't mention it says alot about why the world is the way it is.

It's a real bummer to hear his bad take on Birth of Nation being accurate of the time, and not just plain racist. I still love his movies and appreciate his artistry. Sorcerer is such an incredible and underrated film, the most tense movie about cars going 5 mph.

You cant justify the KKK. You can explain why and how they exist but there is no justification. Birth of a Nation is a scourge in American History. A racist document> I'm so disappointed by Friedkin's comments.

Really enjoyed that but his comments about Birth of a Nation were jarring to say the least

I watched La Strada and 8 1/2 for the first time yesterday because I wanted to explore the world of Fellini. If you can transport yourself back to the 1950s you can see how these films were ahead of their time. Aside from that, in my opinion, they're overrated.

I love Friedkin but the statements starting @ 14:22 is a bunch of gobbledygook.

WTF ? Justifying Birth of a Nation....Hilarious

The Exorcist will one day be spoken in the same sentence as Citizen Kane or Rashomon. People just haven’t realized yet what a great impact this movie was for the horror genre. I personally divide the horror genre in pre and post Exorcist. Pre = Nosferatu influenced movies (German impressionism) and post = Exorcist influenced movies. No Body Horror without The Exorcist and thats only one subgenre it pushed forward. Romeros Night of the Living Dead to me is the only exception because it was ahead of its time.

Friedkin and frankenheimer are two of my favorite directors because a vast majority of their films keep you almost hypnotized to the screen regardless of which film it is.

Great to hear about his appreciation of french and japanese cinema. There is really a world full of art outside the US.

When he's talking about Z, all I can think about is the Benny Hill sketch about the French director being interviewed. Art House Critic "I truly admire the poignant moment in the film when the heroine realises her lover is dead, and you change the film from colour to black and white. Genius" French Director "I don't change the film. We ran out of colour film" Art House Critic "But, the way you have this perfectly beautiful actress portray real life, by giving her a lisp" French Director "No. The actress, she have a lisp" AHC "You searched all France for an actress with a lisp" FD "No, she the producer's girlfriend".

I f*cking love billy. Rip to one of the greatest to ever do it.

"The Sorcerer" unfortunately it opened June 22 1977 against "The Deep" & 3 other powerhouses including Star Wars in May 77. Some extraordinary Filming sequences. I loved this film.

My favorite director. A genius

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Have to say his comments about "Birth of a Nation" are shockingly disturbing. It's fine to admire what Griffith did with the form, the epic, with editing, camera movement, but to suggest, as Friedkin does, that the Klan was an understandable reaction to "black crime and rape," an assertion I am positive Friedkin had no data to back up, is the height of ignorance. Worse because of the authority with which he says it. Awful.

Super truthful

Most of the sickos in Hollywood are racist zionists. Sad to see William Friedkin embrace KKK propaganda openly. The egotistical supremacy caused a lot of actors to get injuries.

Love him, just love him. There should've been an anthology film directed by David Lynch, John Waters, William Friedkin and... Michael O'Donoghue?

Excellent interview!

Killer Joe was such a great film to go out on, it started seeming like he was losing his craft in his later years. Peronsally, I thought Sorcerer was his greatest film, but I love To Live and Die in LA as well... And then there's The Exorcist and The French Connection which are classics.

He did make a movie on par with Citizen Kane or damn near, the greatest horror movie ever made.

LMAO, had to call them out for being out of focus and then using jump-cuts right after. This dude always likes to roast and bust balls in every interview I seen.

What a douche. He just propagated the myth of the Klan existing to "protect" white women from newly freed slaves. Absolutely ahistorical and disgusting justification. The Klan existed to keep newly freed slaves from exercising their political and social power. The only "crimes" that they committed were against laws that were put in place to keep them subjugated. What a stupid asshole.

He is 100% right about film today. What it has become and where it's going. I also agree about film school. It's not like it was in the 60s & 70s. I do love his film selections and his film To Live & Die in L.A. is in my top 20 of all time.

I remember the French film "Z" and it was nominated for several Academy Awards if I recall correctly.

I guess fade-in figured they weren't gonna top this interview and called it quits

"He wasn't out of fo us like you guys - he doesn't do these jump cuts like you guys" *Cameraman scrambled to correct himself*

Wasn’t he just stating the plot of Birth of Nation and how it was a an advancement in film technique, didn’t appear to me he was agreeing with the subject matter. I didn’t hear him say he agreed with the movies take on the matter or that it was a fact the KKK was set up for that reason. Maybe when they directed this interview they should have questioned this to clarify what he meant rather than having people just jumping to the conclusion he’s racist. I think we can all agree anyone in their right mind would know Birth of nation is a racist movie.

Jesus did he talk up the worst story line movie ever Birth Of a Nation? Who cares how it was made? To say it isn't allowed to be shown or used today is only politically correct when in fact it's just the decent thing to do out of common decency is ignorant. He wouldn't like the networks showing all the home made nazi movies of the concentration camps and rightly so. But where are the factual stats supporting his claims of newly freed slaves going on a rampage committing rape and other crimes? No wonder the Jews are hated so much when he's a representative. Power to the Palestinians