Surely everyone knows the plotline of one of the most iconic films ever made. Hitchcock, Kubrick and Cassavetes were originally linked to the project. Finally, it was the novel’s author, William Peter Blatty, who suggested a young filmmaker for the job: William Friedkin, who had recently won a Best Director Oscar for The French Connection. Blatty would go on to win the 1974 Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Retrospective William Friedkin
FROM 19TH AUGUST TO 8TH SEPTEMBER 2020
Cinémas du Grütli, Geneva
Complete programme
FROM 26TH AUGUST TO 30TH OCTOBER 2020
Cinémathèque Suisse
Complete programme
Special evening at Cinémathèque on 7th October 2020
Preview screening of Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist by Alexandre O. Philippe (2019) followed by The Exorcist by William Friedkin (1973)
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