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Abstract

At the conclusion of his 2013 memoir, William Friedkin, citing cinema's collaborative nature, dismissively writes that he "[doesn't] give much credibility to the auteur theory." But then he seemingly hesitates: "A director's intelligence can inform a film", he concedes, before citing several of his own influences. This reticence is strange (even comedic) in the final pages of a book that catalogues the endeavors of a director notorious for his willfulness, audacity, and even brinkmanship in the service of having things his own way. Indeed, Friedkin's 1970s work demonstrates several distinctive and developing stylistic features: a mode of distanced observation carried over from his earliest documentary work, use of cryptic cutaways, a willingness to subordinate strict narrative continuity to the emotional force of the events onscreen, and often a focus on strenuous physical action.

Item Type:	Book Section
Authors/Creators:	Lennard, D
Keywords:	American cinema, film studies, William Friedkin
Publisher:	Edinburgh University Press
DOI / ID Number:	https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474442657-012
Copyright Information:	Copyright 2020 editorial matter and organization Dominic Lennard, R. Barton Palmer, and Murray PomeranceCopyright 2020 the chapters their several authors, 2020
Related URLs:	Google Scholar: Lennard, D UTAS Profile: Lennard, D
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