Word: exorcistic
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...variation on it. So Allan Arkush (Rock 'n' Roll High School) picked Shake, Rattle and Rock; Ralph Bakshi (Fritz the Cat) selected Cool and the Crazy; Joe Dante (Gremlins) chose Runaway Daughters; Uli Edel (Last Exit to Brooklyn) took Confessions of a Sorority Girl; William Friedkin (The Exorcist) got Jailbreakers; Jonathan Kaplan (The Accused) chose Reform School Girl; Mary Lambert (Pet Sematary) took Dragstrip Girl; John McNaughton (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer) opted for Girls in Prison; John Milius (Conan the Barbarian) chose Motorcycle Gang. The only youngster, 25-year-old Robert Rodriguez (El Mariachi), got Roadracers...
...many images in the film that have reference to Catholicism, Friedkin notes: "These things tend to appear...symbolic of something greater, but they're not meant to be." In the same vein, Friedkin says he was not conscious of the implications of "The Exorcist" for deeply religious people...
...Crimson recently spoke with William Friedkin, Academy Award winning Director of "The Exorcist" and "The French Connection," about "Rampage," his new film based on the true story of a serial killer...
...says that "The Exorcist" was an "extraordinary story that was a lot of fun. The atmosphere on the set was extremely light." Friedkin describes how after filming a particularly shocking scene, a set technician would hand Linda Blair (the young star possessed by a demon) a milkshake and everyone joked around...
Friedkin argues that "you can't be held responsible for the things people do in response to films," most notably in response to "The Exorcist." He says that "violence on TV and in movies is a symptom of what's happened in society, not a stimulus" to violent action. "People are immune to it," he says "They take for granted a lot of death and tragedy." Despite disavowing accountability, Friedkin admits that it made him feel "terrible" to hear of the powerful, negative effect his films can have...