William Friedkin

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q51582: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974); Born on the Fourth of July (1989). Count them as director (9 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Ed Gein: 1 line

  1. lineage (real-life source) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer: Ed Gein ⇒ The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (the host's read). The film was a little influenced by Ed Gein, whose skin masks and grave digging fascinated Hollywood.
    “it was a little influenced by the great Ed Geen.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:17:18 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them)

Night of the Living Dead (1968): 1 line

  1. lineage (inspiration) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer: Night of the Living Dead ⇒ The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (the host's read). Hooper saw the line down the block for Night of the Living Dead and decided to make a horror film with his own ideas about Vietnam-era America.
    “Toby Hooper, who directed Chainsaw Massacre, went and saw Night of the Living Dead.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:03:15 · Chris Ryan (0.55 sure it was them)

Vietnam-vet cliche films (The Exterminator, The Park Is Mine): 1 line

  1. contrast (contrast) · through Born on the Fourth of July (1989), which they were tied to as attached director in the dead 1970s version: Vietnam-vet cliche films (The Exterminator, The Park Is Mine) ⇒ Born on the Fourth of July (the host's read). Born was meant as a rebuttal to the ticking-time-bomb vet movies of the 80s.
    “The film would almost be a rebuttal to all those Vietnam vet cliches.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:20:05 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Friday the 13th (1980): 4 lines

  1. unmapped (template) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Friday the 13th (the host's read). The imposing masked killer and the final girl in Chainsaw became the slasher template Friday the 13th and Halloween used.
    “We have that, that ends up in Halloween, Friday the 13th, everything else.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:04:06 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (final girl prototype) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Friday the 13th (the host's read). Sally is the ground-zero prototype final girl later ripped off in every Friday the 13th and most Halloween movies.
    “she's the prototype ground 0 final girl that then gets ripped off.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:06:46 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (rip-off) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Friday the 13th (the host's read). The final girl running to Jason's mom for help copies Sally running to the gas station guy.
    “Friday the 13th rips it off.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:41:15 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (lineage) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Friday the 13th (the host's read). Friday borrowed the seemingly friendly helper who turns out hostile and the killer who keeps getting back up.
    “a seemingly friendly helper who ends up being not friendly, the Texas chainsaw move.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:46:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Halloween (1978): 2 lines

  1. lineage (ancestor) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Halloween (the host's read). Halloween felt like it invented modern horror, but on rewatch Chainsaw is the real ground zero.
    “whenever I watch Chainsaw, I'm like, no, actually this is ground zero.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:03:01 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. programming (double feature) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Halloween (the host's read). Bill pairs it with Halloween to compare how much Halloween cribbed from Chainsaw.
    “I went Halloween just to compare and contrast like how much Halloween, crib done, chainsaw, all that stuff.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:31:20 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Alien (1979): 1 line

  1. lineage (inspiration) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Alien (the host's read). Chainsaw is what inspired Ridley Scott to make Alien.
    “Texas Chainsaw Basker is what inspired Ridley Scott to make alien.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:51:40 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Lieutenant Dan (Forrest Gump): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Born on the Fourth of July (1989), which they were tied to as attached director in the dead 1970s version: Born on the Fourth of July ⇒ Lieutenant Dan (Forrest Gump) (the host's read). Dan's angry wheelchair stretch evokes Kovic.
    “Behavior that no doubt reminded many of COVID and born in the 4th of July.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:46:36 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019): 1 line

  1. lineage (visual influence) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). Tarantino wanted the Spahn Ranch sequence to feel like Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
    “Tarantino wanted it to look like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and had his crew research, Texas Chant, and the whole feel of it and how desolate it was.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:06 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Paranormal Activity (2007): 1 line

  1. unmapped (indie legacy) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Paranormal Activity (the host's read). Chainsaw invented the no-money, unknown-actors, one-idea indie horror run that Halloween, Blair Witch and Paranormal Activity followed.
    “This, Halloween, Blur Witch, paranormal activity. We have no money. You don't know these actors.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:02:31 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Seven (1995): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · them, directly: William Friedkin ⇒ Seven (the maker said so). Fincher drew from Friedkin and wanted it to feel like an episode of Cops.
    “he's drawn from like Friedkin, but he's also, he's, he's referenced like how he wanted it to feel like an episode of cops.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:15:42 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022, Netflix): 1 line

  1. contrast (contrast) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022, Netflix) (the host's read). The Netflix legacy sequel replaces the original's horror with influencers and a DEI angle.
    “It was like a DEI, Texas Chainsaw Massacre.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:28:47 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

The Blair Witch Project (1999): 1 line

  1. industry (marketing precedent) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ The Blair Witch Project (the host's read). The 'based on true events' opening was smart and was ripped off by Blair Witch in 1999, pre-internet.
    “We didn't know any better in 1999.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:17:13 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2: 1 line

  1. contrast (contrast) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2 (the host's read). Part 2 reuses the framework but changes the tone to slapstick comedy.
    “Texas Chainsaw Messker 2 is basically a slapstick comedy.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:27:15 · Chris Ryan (0.70 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (10) everyone in directing

Other (2) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Rules of Engagement → William Friedkin. Had Eaters of the Dead succeeded, McTiernan could have followed a Friedkin-like path of pulpy scripts with great actors (Rules of Engagement, The Hunted).
    “both of those movies are him taking like a pulpy mediocre Hollywood script and doing some cool things with it with amazing actors.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The 13th Warrior with David Lowery (Ad-Free) · 2:06:23 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): William Friedkin → Francis Ford Coppola. Friedkin's 2000s run is likened to Coppola doing The Rainmaker: journeyman work after a long gap.
    “It's kind of like when Copola did the rainmaker and stuff.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The 13th Warrior with David Lowery (Ad-Free) · 2:07:51 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): Seven → William Friedkin. Fincher drew from Friedkin and wanted it to feel like an episode of Cops.
    “he's drawn from like Friedkin, but he's also, he's, he's referenced like how he wanted it to feel like an episode of cops.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:15:42 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (director mismatch): Deal of the Century → William Friedkin. Friedkin directing a Chevy Chase arms-dealer comedy is an unlikely fit.
    “Not someone who screams Chevy Chase comedy.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Star 80 with Julie Klausner · 1:45:43 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Cruising → William Friedkin. Cruising is directed by Friedkin.
    “Directed by the great Billy Friedkin.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:21:10 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (color fix): Sorcerer → William Friedkin. If Friedkin were alive and the technology could restore the red-shifted print to the other reels' look, the speaker would be fine with it.
    “I think I would be okay with that because if it is like, oh, this is because of the degradation”
    The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 0:41:33 · Tim Simons (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): William Friedkin → Born on the Fourth of July. Friedkin was to direct the first version, which collapsed when Pacino shaved his mustache.
    “So the job of directing Born on the 4th of July went to William Friedkin”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:09:51 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

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