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The Movies That Made Me

TMTMM CLASSIC: William Friedkin

The Movies That Made Me

SpectreVision Radio

Tv & Film, Film History

4.6636 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2023

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

Director William Friedkin discusses a few of his favorite films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Spectre Vision Radio

0:03.0

This is another movies that made me classic episode with your host, Josh Olson.

0:25.0

And Joe Dante.

0:41.1

That's the idea.

0:45.2

This episode of classic movies that made me is brought to you by.

0:53.2

Hey, so it's an alternate Friday that means it's time for another classic episode of the movies that made me.

0:57.3

We've gone deep into our vaults and pulled out a juicy one this week.

0:59.2

You know who we got this week, Joe?

1:00.1

This is a great one.

1:05.9

We have one of our most iconoclastic guests, somebody who we were very excited to talk to.

1:12.2

It's the great William Friedkin, whose credits I will not go into because it would take longer than the show.

1:22.6

And I do want to say up front, though, that I admit listening to it that I was not vociferous enough in my defense of Exorcist II,

1:29.7

which I more or less let Bill walk all over me on it and didn't get a chance to say that I think is actually a pretty interesting movie.

1:31.9

I honestly, I got to say, though, I was surprised because this is the first time we ever went

1:35.6

kind of viral.

1:36.4

It made news.

1:38.0

And I thought the notion that Billy Friedkin hates Exorcist 2 does not exactly strike me as

1:44.0

you know, time.

1:44.8

Well, it's a slow news day.

1:46.9

But he does go off on it on this one.

1:50.2

So, but this is, this is a fun one.

1:52.6

This is the great Billy Friedkin.

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