The Friedkin Connection A Memoir

Thelong-awaitedmemoirfromtheAcademyAward–winningdirectorofsuchlegendaryfilmsasTheFrenchConnection,TheExorcist,andToLiveandDieinLA,TheFriedkinConnectiontakesreadersfromthestreetsofChicagotothesuitesofHollywoodandfromthesixtiestotoday,withautobiographicalstorytellingasfast-pacedandintenseasanyoftheauteur'sfilms.WilliamFriedkin,maverickofAmericancinema,offersacandidlookatHollywood,whentraditionalstorytellinggavewaytotherebelliousandalternative;whenfilmmakerslikehimcapturedtheparanoiaandfearofanationundergoingaculturalnervousbreakdown.TheFriedkinConnectionincludes16pagesofblack-and-whitephotographs.