William Friedkin talks about Exorcist 2 

Exorcist 3 should not be dismissed, excellent horror.

William Friedkin gets up and tells this story like he's been waiting to tell this story for his entire life RIP

It kills me how he gets out of the chair and begins his one man show without missing a beat RIP 🐐

William Friedkin will be missed. A director who’s as interesting to listen to as to watch his movies. Opinionated and a master storyteller, even without a camera.

(2:28) William Friedkin (if he was still alive) at the Blumhouse Studio after watching The Exorcist Believer (2023):

Forget exorcist 2, Exorcist 3 is actually really underrated. George C Scott is amazing

I saw "Exorcist 2: The Heretic" in a packed theater on the first Saturday night of its first run and it was an experience I'll never forget. This movie had so many unintentionally funny scenes in it that I almost thought I was watching a horror spoof! The "Airplane" people couldn't have made a funnier movie!

This man could have been a standup comedian, seriously! Watch all his interviews and he'll have you in stitches

Friedkin is hilarious! No matter if there's much truth to this story, Friedkin knows how to tell a great yarn.

Exorcist 3 was pretty good though...

This is one of my all time favorite stories and only William Friedkin could tell it in such a hilarious way. Rest in peace.

Friedkin visited my university circa 2006 and he told us this exact same story. If it is made up, he certainly knew how to stick to his script.

He is clearly a great story teller.

For some reason this is the first thing I felt motivated to rewatch after hearing about his passing.

I love everything about mr. Friedkin in interviews

What an impressive sense of theatrics Friedkin demonstrated here. It was beyond good storytelling. The way he went over and put his arm around the fellow who asked the question in a final sarcastic gesture - great stuff! Friedkin was an entertainer even above being a film director. Always a joy to listen to.

I love the way he says Exorcist Twooo

The bit about repossessed at the end was also gold 😂😂

This is a treat. I enjoy watching a filmmaker tell a story in person; a pure, immediate version of what they do in their vocation.

I love listening to William Friedkin talk,,He tell great stories

"Some guy's riding on the back of fucking bumble bee"

To John Boorman's credit he did direct "Deliverance".

RIP William Friedkin. That's a great standup routine for Exorcist 2.

Exorcist III:Legion was WAY better. It ignores Exorcist 2 entirely and has some pretty scary moments. And it was directed and written by William Peter Blatty himself.

Greatly miss Mr. Friedkin, a true artist of cinema.

3 is extraordinary, another masterpiece

He definitely saw Exorcist III but he was always a good storyteller ❤

What a fantastic man. What a pity he's gone.

Why this hasn't got millions of views? It's one of the funniest shiit I've seen in awhile.

Thank you, Mr. Friedkin for your sheer honesty and brilliance. Your films have gained a great impact on Hollywood that probably can’t be matched today. We will miss you. RIP

Exorcist is an obvious classic..2 is one of the most fascinating failures I’ve ever seen. Visually spectacular and weird as hell like Boorman’s earlier Zardoz. Turn down the sound on EXORCIST 2 and you have a visually amazing movie. It's also very interesting to compare the two versions of EXORCIST 2 -- The original release and the rushed edit to fix it while in theaters... I must say they really did remove some of the silliest moments and somewhat improved it from at least how it had previously been.

Wonder why he never viewed the 3rd one considering he was a great friend of Blatty. It is actually for the most part a pretty good sequel.

I love this! William Friedkin is such a card!

Friedkin is one of the best storytellers in the history of Hollywood. On screen, sure, but also just chatting. I love pretty much every interview he's given, and this is one of my favorite showbiz anecdotes of all time.

Exorcist 2 was such a shame. The first one is a classic, though.

I would’ve thought at the very least he would’ve seen 3 considering he was so close to Blatty and that was Blatty’s film top to bottom. I think Friedkin would’ve probably liked it.

I have never heard Friedkin speak or be interviewed until right now with this video. I had no idea he was this interesting to listen to. I'd only read a few interviews in print before.

I fuckin loved this guy. Brilliant and entertaining. Really mellowed out in his later years, and was hilarious.

Exorcist III is an underrated picture.

RIP William Friedkin

but the 3rd one was very good!

That is one of the funniest stories I have EVER heard.

I have met Peter Blatty and he Said Friedkin was on the set of Exorcist III. So I assume he has seen it. It's on par with the original.

RIP William Friedkin 😢🙏

The funny thing is that Friedkin and Boorman are rather similar in their directing styles. Take for instance "The Emerald Forest" by Boorman. It could have easily been made by Friedkin.

hahaha..."The people who made this piece of shit are in this room!" "WHERE?! Where are they??" haha.

Rest in Peace William Friedkin. August 7, 2023

William Friedkin is an excellent director and a reality funby guy telling stories. I do enjoy it!

I believe John Boorman didn't wanted the sequel to be a horror movie

When he said he saw a guy riding on the back of a bumblebee, that probably killed it for him and a lot of others. Still, there's some good things in Exorcist II, like Linda Blair helping an autistic child out. It diverted though greatly from the aura of the first movie, which is why it wasn't received well. Exorcist III is great!

I find it hard to believe that he didn't watch Blatty's Exorcist 3, which is the true sequel to the original.

Exorcist 3 was written and directed by original author William Peter Blatty (who also wrote the screenplay for the first film) and is a brilliant psychological horror. It is the literary sequel, the proper canonical sequel. Brad Dourif and George C Scott give amazing performances.

He is such a great storyteller. But I don't think that's surprising for a filmmaker of his caliber.

He should see 3

I've seen Exorcist II twice, and I still have no idea what the hell it's about. It's the Jaws 4: The Revenge of the Exorcist franchise. No matter how terrible the upcoming Exorcist movie may be, at least director David Gordon Green can be comfortable knowing that he hasn't directed the worst movie in the franchise. If it is somehow worse that Exorcist II, then DGG should never be allowed to direct another movie again. Not after what he did with the Halloween franchise. 2018 was good, but Halloween Kills: Evil Dies Tonight! and Halloween Ends: The Revenge Of Corey Cunningham were complete wastes of time.

Rip to a good man

If you're watching this, please watch Exorcist III. It's really really good!

I agree that Exorcist II Grows on you. My opinion is that at first we all expected something similar to the first film. Anyway, i like this movie and i also like the 3rd movie. I haven't scene the prequel though.

This is actually a better story than Exorcist II! I will say I do love Exorcist III, though.

such a great storyteller, RIP William Friedkin

God I miss him! Lmao!

Shame he didn't check the third one. It's genuinely a fantastic horror movie. I prefer it to the first one aswell.

Exorcist 3 is a superb stand alone film, with a cool link to the first. Somebody should have told him.

Rest in peace GOAT

2:24 wish we had someone like that for when the exorcist believer was made

So I seen the first a while ago and liked it. Then I heard good things about 3 and enjoyed it just as much. Recently I bought the extended directors cut of the first and loved it, I also watched Exorcist the beginning and Dominion which was an odd experience and now I'm very conflicted on whether to just bite the bullet and finish it all and watch the second 😂😂

The Exorcist II: The Heretic Based on the novel "The Exorcist" by William Peter Blatty Starring Linda Blair Richard Burton & James Earl Jones producers Art Linson & Gary Kurtz music by Enico Morricone screenplay by William Peter Blatty adapted by John Boorman directed by John Boorman

I actually liked exorcist 2 and think it gets more hate than it deserves, the first is such a masterpiece that any succeeding film is gonna be looked at harshly.

LEGION written also by WPB & it’s a incredible book & film ! Watched it again recently it’s outstanding

What a legend

This is a really funny story, priceless.

I like how Repossessed is thrown in there. 🙂 Bill Friedkin was awesome, plus a great storyteller.

When it’s not completely boring exorcist 2 has some unintentionally hilarious moments Shame because John Boorman did direct some great stuff like excalibur and deliverance.

RIP to Friedkin man absolute legend and fantastic filmmaker love this video of him so much displays his sense of humour and honest spoken self so well this part here were he stands up dissing on Exorcist 2 00:30 🤣

At this point, it's known that very few sequels are worth filming such as Godfather.

Love this guy...

0:10 look at the guy just shaking his head as soon as he heard the question

I’m surprised he didn’t see part 3 considering him and Blatty were good friends.

You'd think he'd have given The Exorcist III / Legion a whirl, though, given Blatty's involvement.

There are only two Exorcist films; The Exorcist and Exorcist III

My dad worked at the technicolor lab!

Curious why he wouldn't of been at least interested in ..Exorcist III .. considering Blatty wrote and directed it. Would love to know what he thinks of it.

"The people who made this pos is in this room!" When I heard that since ive seen this movie got me dead laughing

Of the main reason the original is legendary is because of this man's vision and his way to make the amazing book come to life...

Although many wondered what were his thoughts on the other sequels, he would later mention in a 2017 interview about it... "I never saw any of the Exorcist films, not even Bill’s [William Blatty, author of “The Exorcist” novel]. I saw a few minutes of “Exorcist II,” but that was only because I was in the Technicolor lab timing a film that I had directed - I forget which one - and one of the color timers at Technicolor said, hey, we just made a print of “Exorcist II,” would you like to have a look at it? I said OK. I went in, and after five minutes, it just blasted me. I couldn’t take it. I thought it was just ridiculous and stupid. But that was only five minutes, so I can’t make an ultimate judgement about it. It just seemed to me to have nothing to do with “The Exorcist.” I have no idea about ["Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist"]. I know Bill Blatty did one, which was not meant to be called “Exorcist III.” It was from another novel he’d written called “Legion.” I had no interest. I loved Bill Blatty. I dedicated my documentary to him and we remained close friends to his death. But I know that he had to make a lot of compromises - he had to put an exorcism scene in there, which he never intended, so that the producers could call it “Exorcist III." I haven’t seen it [the TV show], either. They bought the title from Blatty, and I don’t disrespect that. I know this: Before he died, he had never seen an episode of it. He died during the first season of it and he called me. The last call he made to me, shortly before he died, was, “Billy, have you seen it?” And I said, “No, Bill.” He said, “Neither have I.” And that was the extent of our conversation about it."

Ah I love how much pride Freidkin had for The Exorcist, which extends to his complete contempt and disregard for the sequels using his trademark irascible charm

I saw the new scream film and had the same reaction as the people at the exorcist II screening

R.I.P. Good sir...

A la edad de 12 años fui con mi madre y hermana a ver la pelicula, y me gusto despuès mi hermano mayou me regalo el libro y me fascino, lo lei varias veces pues esas cosas del mal y el demonio me tenian intrigado. El Sr. Friedkin hizo una excelente pelicula basada en un hecho real que le sucedio a un niño, el Sr. William Peter Blaty hizo un estupendo libro. Creo que el Sr. Friedkin exagera en su soberbia y ego, ademàs critica la pelicula El Hereje con demasiado dureza, fue un buen intento, sin embargo la pelicula esta llena de simbolismos, y situaciones extrañas, sobre todo al comùn de la gente. A mi me gusto por volver a ver A Linda Blair me encanta Ennio Morricone,

Exorcist 2 is a movie that kind of grows on you. It's so bad, it's good!

Great Story!

he's a bit of a showman too, great fun, like a skit

the cinematography of exorcist II is not visually perfect but the underlying meaning is profound,. i loved it. it's not just a movie, it's relevant to our reality

2:20 - 3:24 Amazing story.

Rip Billy such a natural story teller. I loved Repossessed 😂

"Ed, the guy who made those new Halloween sequels is about to make one to my movie, the Exorcist. That's right, my signature film is about to be extended by the man who made Pineapple Express. I don't want to be around when that happens. But if there's a spirit world, and I can come back, I plan to possess David Gordon Green and make his life a living hell."

This video clip ranks higher than the Heretic on Rotten Tomatoes list of best movies ever made

i really got to watch Exorcist 2, just for the fun💕💕💕🤣🤣🤣🤣

friedkin is well know for stretching the truth and adding a few fairy tales onto a story to make it sound better.

exorcist 2 is actually fun in a cheesy camp fashion with a great ennio morricone score. director john boorman made some really good films, Deliverance, Point blank, Excalibur, among others. though this one was not one of them. how many people have seen friedkin"s the guardian, and raved about that piece of nothing.