Comment on William Friedkin Dies: Oscar-Winning ‘French Connection’ Director & ‘Exorcist’ Nominee Was 87
moonbairn@lemmy.film 10 months ago
French Connection has one of the greatest car chase scenes in film history. Popeye Doyle was a great bad ass cop with serious anger issues.
niktemadur@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Every few years I return to French Connection, and the gritty realism, a lot of which was reportedly filmed without permits, guerrilla-style, blows me away every time. New Hollywood indeed!
Then there’s the way the title cards and music set an incredible tone, grab you by the neck from the very get-go. This must have been astonishing in 1971. Hell… it won the Oscar for Best Film!