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Update:Francis Ford Coppola issued a statement about his first friend among filmmakers William Friedkin.
His accomplishments in Cinema are extraordinary and unique.
Pick any of them out of a hat and youll be dazzled.
His lovable, irascible personality was cover for a beautiful, brilliant, deep-feeling giant of a man.
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William Friedkin, the director of such films asThe ExorcistandCruising,died this week.
News of his death brokeAugust 7, prompting a wave of tributes on social media.
Everyone on that set gave him their all.
He would run long takes and produce drama beautifully.
And Natasha Lyonne shared a copy of the script to anunmade Mae West biopicthat would have starred Bette Midler.
The Best of William Friedkin’s Cruising Commentarypic.twitter.com/nZLeJew40J
The world has lost one of the Gods of Cinema.
Cinema has lost a true Scholar and I have lost a dear, loyal and true friend.
William Friedkin has left us.
I literally watched Sorcerer for the first time two weeks ago (great).
The man knew how to make movies.
Plow show, we heard that William Friedkin was a fan of@TheSimpsons.
So we put in a parody of his film SORCERER just for him.
Years later he visited the show, charmed everyone, and even wound up as a guest star.
That’s not nothing–and, of course, a fistful of ’70s-’80s classics too.
Very sorry to hear of the passing of William Friedkin, a deeply talented filmmaker.
THE EXORCIST is great, but for me the real classic was SORCERER.
Made some of the greatest movies ever.
So long, William Friedkinpic.twitter.com/sXppoS0FVK
