Friedkin died from heart failure and pneumonia.
William Friedkin, the Academy Award-winning director ofThe French ConnectionandThe Exorcist, died Monday at the age of 87.
Friedkin died in Los Angeles from heart failure and pneumonia, EW has confirmed.
William Friedkin.Rosdiana Ciaravolo/Getty Images
He was undoubtedly a genius."
“Because we did it without permission and without control.
We had permission to use those particular areas, but not the chase.”
On whether he anticipated that the film would still endure 50 years on: “Oh no.
In those days we couldn’t think about 50 years on.”
Cop are still often out of control.
But these guys were not bigots.
They were acting that to stay alive."
(Hepreviously calledExorcist IIthe “worst piece of shI’ve ever seen.")
He is survived by his wife and his two sons.
