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...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...
Clad plainly in a red sweatshirt and large steel-rimmed glasses, Friedkin shied from showy Hollywood glitz during the interview. Instead, he spoke with animation and eloquence on the issues presented in "Rampage": the death penalty, the insanity defense, the role of psychiatry in criminal justice and violent crime...
...only make films that deal with ideas in some way...I have no real solutions or finite opinions," says Friedkin. He might not admit it, but Friedkin has opinions--lots of them. For example, while the plot of "Rampage" revolves around the ethical quandary of capital punishment, Friedkin claims that he doesn't "have strong feelings [about it]." But don't be fooled. In some cases, he feels that the death penalty is called for, and adds that he "wouldn't lose sleep if someone like Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced to death...
...Rampage" is based on the story of Richard Chase, the "vampire killer" who terrorized Sacramento in the late '70s. According to Friedkin, "Rampage" "outlines the facts of the original case closely, almost too closely...
Regarding the legal issues addressed in his new movie, Friedkin says that "there are few cases where the insanity defense is taken, and even fewer succeed." In fact, he used the issue of insanity defense only "to get at the use of psychiatry in the trial...