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beamish14 wrote: Tue Aug 08, 2023 1:37 am

flyonthewall2983 wrote: Tue Aug 08, 2023 1:22 am Blue Chips is a favorite of mine. The pace is maybe too fast but the subject matter was handled as delicately as possible but it’s arguable he had a bit of more free reign at Paramount for obvious reasons at the time, but for at least this one he made the most of it.

Nick Nolte’s impromptu sermon at the Black church is one of the most unhinged moments from any of his films. Simultaneously very uncomfortable and entertaining.

William Friedkin wrote: I’ve been listening to Clarence Carter for years, and I was always hoping to be able to use “Strokin’” in a movie. “Strokin’” is one of the great American songs. To me, he was the Mozart of Southern music. You can almost never hear “Strokin’” on the radio, not in this politically correct world. So I thought I should give this to the audience — it has nothing to do with the picture.

There’s a disc jockey in all of us, and I just wanted to share “Strokin’” with all of you. Why not? Where are you gonna go and hear “Strokin’” in this day and age? Where? Nowhere! Here, that’s it!

I mean, if I were doing a movie about the life of Beethoven, I would use “Strokin’” on the end credits. Or Shakespeare! You know, if I was doing Hamlet, imagine ending it after Hamlet’s death, and the funeral oration by Horatio or Fortinbras, then you hear “Strokin’.” And that sends you right out of your chair – YES! It’s not about a guy who got killed in a duel, and killed his uncle because his father’s ghost told him that his uncle was sleeping with his mother and he had to kill his uncle… what a stupid plotline that is.

Now if you end it with “Strokin’” you have a whole other kettle of fish. The audience goes out bopping. Strokin’.

beamish14 wrote: Wed Aug 09, 2023 3:13 am Amusing reminiscence from editor Darrin Navarro on Friedkin’s first viewing of Bug

diamonds wrote: Wed Aug 09, 2023 3:30 am Try this.

hearthesilence wrote: Tue Aug 08, 2023 3:17 pm Highlights from Friedkin's 2014 talk at the Harvard Film Archive.

The best part:

William Friedkin wrote: I’ve been listening to Clarence Carter for years, and I was always hoping to be able to use “Strokin’” in a movie. “Strokin’” is one of the great American songs. To me, he was the Mozart of Southern music. You can almost never hear “Strokin’” on the radio, not in this politically correct world. So I thought I should give this to the audience — it has nothing to do with the picture.

There’s a disc jockey in all of us, and I just wanted to share “Strokin’” with all of you. Why not? Where are you gonna go and hear “Strokin’” in this day and age? Where? Nowhere! Here, that’s it!

I mean, if I were doing a movie about the life of Beethoven, I would use “Strokin’” on the end credits. Or Shakespeare! You know, if I was doing Hamlet, imagine ending it after Hamlet’s death, and the funeral oration by Horatio or Fortinbras, then you hear “Strokin’.” And that sends you right out of your chair – YES! It’s not about a guy who got killed in a duel, and killed his uncle because his father’s ghost told him that his uncle was sleeping with his mother and he had to kill his uncle… what a stupid plotline that is.

Now if you end it with “Strokin’” you have a whole other kettle of fish. The audience goes out bopping. Strokin’.