A Lot Of Water
mrpeelsardineliqueur.blogspot.com 3/13/2009 — William Friedkin’s THE FRENCH CONNECTION only seems to get better as the years pass. In contrast John Frankenheimer’s less well-known 1975 followup, FRENCH CONNECTION II, seems pretty much the same. This is not a slam—it’s a good film, very taut, ...

What hath Friedkin wrought?
somecamerunning.typepad.com 2/20/2009 — One supposes that it was inevitable—that someday, some extremely conscious men of vision would use the most advanced, sophisticated, versatile digital imaging technology extant for the purpose of making a given film look like an immaculate, ...

Harris on "Re-Visioned" Connection
hollywood-elsewhere.com 2/24/2009 — Restoration guru and all-around film expert Robert Harris has seen and spoken out about William Freidkin's notorious visual re-imagining of The French Connection ('71), which will be viewable on Fox Home Video's upcoming Blu-ray of this classic ...

Cruising: The Sound of Violence by Adrian Martin
fipresci.org 10/24/2008 — The Sound of Violence By Adrian Martin In a famous essay of the early 1980s titled "The Incoherent Text," the British critic Robin Wood drew special attention to William Fredikin's Cruising (1980) - a film which had been vilified by many gay critics ...

Wank
hollywood-elsewhere.com 2/24/2009 — Last night I watched William Friedkin's new color-desaturated, de-focused, reduced and blended with black-and-white French Connection Blu-ray, which comes out next Tuesday. From the standard 205 DVD. Stark, blueish, unprettified. The Blu-ray image -- ...

William Friedkin on bent cops in the movies
guardian.co.uk 11/29/2008 — Those of us who made films in the 70s were not following the zeitgeist: we shaped it, writes William Friedkin

Can a movie ruin a good review?
blogs.suntimes.com 6/13/2009 — Here's a question for you: Can a movie ruin a good review? Conversely, can a review actually improve upon a movie? Sure, good criticism (whether positive or negative) should encourage you to see a film in new ways you may not have recognized ...

Christmas With Seven Screwy Santas
sunsetgun.typepad.com 12/25/2008 — I've always loved Santa Claus, but not only for the supposed gift giving and seasonal sweetness (which is wonderful of course.) No, I love Santa, in part for sometimes appearing so... disturbed . Santa Claus is just inherently creepy. Any guy who ...

Blu-ray Review: The French Connection (1971) & French Connection II (1975)
reviews.filmintuition.com 3/10/2009 — Hands Up; Popeye's Here! Now on Blu-ray Bookmark this on Delicious Print Page "Just before Dick Zanuck left Fox, he said, 'I got an extra two million dollars in a drawer here, if you guys can do the picture for that, I'll make the thing.' He also warned them: 'If you muck ...

New developments in "French Connection" case...
somecamerunning.typepad.com 2/25/2009 — My buddy and occasional SCR pinch-hitter Aaron Aradillas always does a great job with his "Back By Midnight" blog radio show, but this week's episode should touch off some serious fireworks. "Anarchy In NYC: The Legacy of The French ...