“The Exorcist” helmer William Friedkin making exorcism documentaryMay 13, 2017 - 13:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Wiliam Friedkin is getting back into the exorcism game. The Oscar-winning director is partnering with LD Entertainment on feature-length documentary The Devil and Father Amorth, which will explore how the moments in Friedkin's classic The Exorcist compares to actual exorcisms, The Hollywood Reporter said. More than four decades after the release of the director's 1973 horror movie, Friedkin received permission to attend an exorcism performed by Father Gabriele Amorth, who is known as the "Dean of Exorcists," having performed thousands of exorcisms. Friedkin witnessed the ninth exorcism on an Italian woman who had been experiencing troubling fits and behavioral changes that psychiatry apparently could not fix. The filmmaker previously documented the experience in a piece he wrote for Vanity Fair. “I’ve never stopped being fascinated by the nature of good and evil, and the possibility of demonic possession," said the director. "The opportunity for me to witness and film an actual exorcism came about, more than four decades after I made The Exorcist, completely by accident.” Friedkin previously worked with LD Entertainment's Mickey Liddell and Pete Shilaimon on the adaptation of Tracy Letts' play Killer Joe, which starred Matthew McConaughey. Said Liddell: “I am thrilled to be working again with Billy Friedkin, who is one of the greatest and most prolific filmmakers of our time. This documentary shook me to my core and made me wonder – could demonic possession really exist?” LD Entertainment recently released The Zookeeper's Wife and is finishing production on David Rosenthal's Jacob's Ladder. Friedkin's other credits include best picture winner The French Connection, which won him the Academy Award for best director, and the star-studded revenge film To Live and Die in L.A. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |