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The fondest of farewells to . The fearless 'New Hollywood' filmmaker, screenwriter and documentarian brought peerless intensity to an eclectic seven decade career. Beyond the iconic (1971) and (1973) were subversive, often brilliant (and uncommercial) features like (1977), (1980), (1987)...

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LordWoolamaloo · @LordWoolamaloo
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This evening's viewing: classic 70s with The French Connection.

RIP, William Friedkin

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Director has died at age 87. Friedkin won an Oscar for , and scored a nomination for . Friedkin's first project was the 1962 TV movie "The People vs. Paul Camp" followed by "The Bold Men", an episode of "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" and "The Thin Blue Line". Before his biggest successes, he directedd 1967's Sonny & Cher vehicle "Good Times", followed by 1968's "The Night They Raided Minsky's" and "The Boys in the Band". 1/2

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William Friedkin, director of The Exorcist and The French Connection, dies at 87 theguardian.com/film/2023/aug/

The French Connection, brilliant.

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Watched and was disappointed. My favourite scene was the subway-door-and-umbrella sequence. It’s pretty close to perfect. Behind this is the car chase. Otherwise the movie was a rather unremarkable affair stained with plot holes. The text cards at the end really tanked the movie for me. I rather have the uncertainty besides this it reminded me of (German) scripted reality.

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Mike Bealing · @mikebealing
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Did you ever pick your feet in Poughkeepsie?

Tees by Sillytees bit.ly/3Lsq5U9

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DavidBongiorno · @DavidBongiorno
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Popeye Doyle (Gene Hackman) and Stanley White (Mickey Rourke): Two of Cinema’s Greatest Cops.

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Zack Kushner · @Xzackly
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but that's just off the top of my head. How did The Maltese Falcon not get on there? Or The Thing? Or oh-my-god I'm an idiot The French Connection?

I need 8.

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Mike Bealing · @mikebealing
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Antes de y de , ganó su 1er Oscar con . Basada en un caso real, la obsesión de un policía por capturar a un narco se convierte en una cinta de persecuciones trepidantes y un ritmo tan rápido que, si parpadeas, te la pierdes.

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