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3 days ago · Fifty years after its release, the director of The Exorcist died. At the time of the making of the horror movie, William Friedkin was a self-confessed secular Jew. By his death at the age of 87, it was reported that he “strongly believe [d] in the teachings of Jesus.”.
4 days ago · William Friedkin, the secular Jewish auteur who launched the exorcism-derived horror boom with his iconic 1973 smash The Exorcist, also used Amorth as the basis for a 2017 documentary about...
5 days ago · The Exorcist was directed by William Friedkin and based on the novel of the same name by William Blatty. Its exorcism scenes are famous for pushing practical effects - and gore - to the max ...
4 days ago · This is the cup of my blood, the blood of the new and everlasting covenant, the mystery of faith.”. By Christ’s grace, through the passio caritatis, Damien becomes what he receives. He, the exorcist, confronts the mystery of evil (mysterium iniquitatis) by sacramentally embodying the mystery of faith (mysterium fidei).
5 days ago · Directed by William Friedkin and based on the novel of the same name by William Blatty, The Exorcist is infamous for its exorcism scenes which pushed practical effects and gore to their...
2 days ago · Boorman had been raised Protestant, endured a Catholic comprehensive education, and frequently espoused enmity towards the Catholic Church. Friedkin may have been an agnostic Jew, but he was compelled to immerse himself in research and worked closely with the Jesuit-educated William Peter Blatty to ensure a terrifying quasi-realism.
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5 days ago · The Exorcist was directed by William Friedkin and adapted from the novel of the same name by William Blatty. Its exorcism scenes are renowned for their extreme practical effects and gore,...
