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...movie is directed by William Friedkin, an excellent director of action sequences and, specifically, car chases. Friedkin is tied down by a tired script, and even during the chases (there are two) he seems unable to come fully to life as he did in "The French Connection." Instead of Popeye Doyle narrowly missing a baby carriage, we have Corelli and his prey driving slowly through the middle of a parade in Chinatown, knocking people off of floats and some times coming to a dead stop trying to negotiate the crowd. In both chases Corelli escapes unscathed. He is Super...
...million, spin a hip 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...
...Friedkin has always been interested in the thin line between the police officer and the criminal. He mentioned his film "To Live and Die in L.A." "I want to demythify the cop's life, the notion that all cops, because they have badges, are good guys...
...Among Friedkin's current projects are a film assisted by Elmore Leonard and another that he describes as a kind of modern "Chinatown" set in Los Angeles...
...Friedkin seems to think and direct his films in moral and ethical terms, terms which don't necessarily entertain the American public. But past commercial success show that he has the special ability to make the issues important to him compelling to others--and ultimately sellable to an audience...