William Friedkin interview: the cast of THE EXORCIST were a gift from God

Geoff Boucher of the LA Times blog Inner Complex has published fantastic interview piece with The Exorcist director William Friedkin.

Of all the interviews and articles to come out of The Exorcist blu-ray release, this one might be my favorite. I like that it doesn’t focus (so much) on the obvious things ‘pop’ articles dig their claws into (pea soup, spiderwalk, Linda Blair) and reveals more inner thinking from Friedkin about the masterpiece ‘theological thriller’ he directed in 1972/3.

I tried to shoot it as realistically as possible. It was not designed as a horror-fest. It was designed as an event.

The great piece also provides two new photographs of Friedkin taken at the Hollywood Museum where the interview took place. Read the complete article at the LA Times Inner Complex website.