{"id":2111,"date":"2021-01-18T13:44:50","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T13:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/?post_type=films&#038;p=2111"},"modified":"2021-03-28T10:07:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T10:07:34","slug":"leap-of-faith-william-friedkin-on-the-exorcist","status":"publish","type":"films","link":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/films\/leap-of-faith-william-friedkin-on-the-exorcist\/","title":{"rendered":"Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Exorcist\u201d (1973) is one of the most critically and commercially successful \u2013 and analyzed \u2013 horror films of all time, a still-terrifying tale of a teenage child possessed by an ancient evil demon. Following \u201c78\/52: Hitchcock\u2019s Shower Scene\u201d (2017), a feature-length documentary on the iconic \u201cPsycho\u201d (1960) murder sequence, Alexandre O. Philippe puts \u201cThe Exorcist\u201d director William Friedkin through an extended interview, providing an intensely personal look at the film\u2019s genesis.<\/p>\n<p>Friedkin is an endlessly erudite and candid guide to a film that moves beyond the mystery of faith into fate, exploring how spiritual conviction and a belief in destiny have steered his creative choices. He shares exclusive reveals and connects the power of \u201cThe Exorcist\u201d to unexpected artistic sources: not supernatural horror movies, but Carl Dreyer\u2019s austere 1955 spiritual drama \u201cOrdet,\u201d as well as great painters (Caravaggio, Magritte) and composers (Brahms). It\u2019s an unmissable insider-look at creativity and filmmaking, which contends with the forces of fate and inspiration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Exorcist\u201d (1973) is one of the most critically and commercially successful \u2013 and analyzed \u2013 horror films of all time, a still-terrifying tale of a teenage child possessed by an ancient evil demon. Following \u201c78\/52: Hitchcock\u2019s Shower Scene\u201d (2017), a feature-length documentary on the iconic \u201cPsycho\u201d (1960) murder sequence, Alexandre O. Philippe puts \u201cThe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","country":[48],"duration":[75],"rating":[74],"program":[],"class_list":["post-2111","films","type-films","status-publish","hentry","country-united-states","duration-1h-45m","rating-r18"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/films\/2111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/films"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/films"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=2111"},{"taxonomy":"duration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/duration?post=2111"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=2111"},{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=2111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}