Who Won the Movie?
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- Two explicit Friedkin choices are followed by a preference for him despite initial temptation toward Miller.
- The result is complicated by the argument that the film set expectations too high for Friedkin’s later work.
- Later films including Cruising, Jade, Blue Chips, Bug, The French Connection and Sorcerer prompt possible future-episode discussion.
- Friedkin’s generational placement, uneven career and later revival are compared with Coppola and Schrader.
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