Professionals in the film businessincluding famous producers, screenwriters and directorsendorse film connections programs for one simple reason. For the best experience please update your browser. Film connection film school for filmmakers, directors. What is not always remembered is what a good movie it is apart from the chase scene. Both the french connection and the exorcist gave friedkin a reputation as a talented manipulator, but it appears that he may have begun to overestimate. Jan 08, 2020 friedkin had major successes with the french connection and the exorcist, but his career went into a tailspin after his string of boxoffice failures, including cruising. And as its box office, critical, and oscar successes have proven, this is a film that tells us that actioners can be more than dumb fun. Matthew is a feature writer for film school rejects and a freelance film critic at the. The french connection critics picks the new york times. Removal team takes two days to transport 3,000 books collected by observers movie man to archives. Its look at 70s mobsters moving heroin through marseilles on its way to new york city is only mildly interesting.
Austin collins is a film critic for vanity fair and a crossword constructor for the new yorker and. The french connection is a film of almost incredible suspense, and it includes, among a great many chilling delights, the most brilliantly executed chase sequence i have ever seen. And i believe the film succeeds in being its own unique thriller that. The film has all the depth of a mud puddle, but director william friedkin the night they raided minskys sets such a frantic pace that there is hardly a chance to notice, much less care. Audiard delivers on and exceeds the promise he evinced in that earlier film, drawing viewers into the densely layered, ruthless ecology of a french prison and, against all odds. With gene hackman, roy scheider, fernando rey, tony lo bianco. Parmi les statuettes glanees, il y a celle du meilleur film, du meilleur realisateur et du meilleur acteur.
French connection the chicago critics film festival. The french connection 35 movie clip subway getaway 1971. Popeye doyle, the new york narc created by gene hackman in the french connection, was the most compelling of characters, a man driven by violent hungers that had little to do with his job as a cop. Roy scheider plays gene hackmans partner and both are constantly watching a criminal organisation led by charnier the french connection is a 1971 film directed by the exorcists william friedkin. Sonny grosso, detective who severed french connection. Austin collins discuss the action thriller the french connection 1971, directed by william friedkin.
They can, from time to time, be outstanding cinema. Retrouvez les 222 critiques et avis pour le film french connection, realise par william friedkin avec gene hackman, roy scheider, patrick mcdermott. The french connection is routinely included, along with bullitt, diva and raiders of the lost ark, on the short list of movies with the greatest chase scenes of all time. The following is a list of awards and nominations received by american actor gene hackman. Roger ebert january 01, 1971 the french connection is routinely included, along with bullitt, diva and raiders of the lost ark, on the short list of movies with the greatest chase scenes of all time. See what the critics had to say and watch the trailer. The film was inspired by the events of the french connection in the 1970s, starring jean dujardin as police magistrate pierre michel juge and gilles lellouche as gaetan tany zampa, a drug gang ringleader. Posted jun 04, 2017 charles taylor takes a professorial approach to some lesser known films from the 1970s. Its triggerfast, explosive scenes and hightension chase sequences the one in bullitt pales by comparison will have you literally gasping for breath. I believe that the french connection ii is all about the slowburn chase.
List of awards and nominations received by gene hackman. Classic cop film with frequent profanity, violence. This film has a few drug scenes and the odd shootout but popeye doyle played by hackman was much better in the sequel but overall the french connection is not a bad film in any way other than it could of had more action and it could of been more entertaining. A series of coincidences recently brought to my mind a critic whose work i hadnt read in decades but whom i consider one of.
Then he went on to a career in film and television as a producer. In the new episode of flashback, movie critics dana stevens and k. A playful yet heartfelt riff on the romanticcomedy genre, the film critic follows victor tellez, an intellectual, worldweary film critic who prefers to think in french and eschew the cliches of romantic movies. In the early 1990s i moved into radio broadcasting, contributing to and presenting programmes on bbc radio 1, 2, 4 and 5, until i became resident film critic for radio 1 fm, presenting film programmes such as clingfilm and movie update, and contributing to the mark radcliffe show, the simon mayo show, and the evening session. They provide a primer to a remarkable period in this first century of film. The animated animals latest bigscreen adventure is very funny and refreshingly cheerful. Jul 01, 2015 the french connection broke plenty of new ground for screen thrillers. It has protected our independence, which has never been so critical. It featured a great early gene hackman performance that won an academy award, and it also won oscars for best picture, direction. Subscribe to the times video newsletter for free and get a handpicked selection of the best videos from the new york. A site that allows users to express their feelings about the latest movies in hollywood. When the french connection was released in 1971, the movie impressed critics for having the guts to depict the similar ways that cops and criminals think and act, a.
Roman polanskis jaccuse an officer and a spy roman polanskis dramatization of the dreyfus affair is a grandly mounted film that still feels lacking, maybe because. A sinful copy of the wages of fear the washington post. The screenplay, written by ernest tidyman, is based on robin moore s 1969 nonfiction book the french connection. The film was protested by lgbtq activists and savaged by critics as antigay, but 15 years later stephens felt the film deserved another look.
The french connection is a 1971 film directed by the exorcists william friedkin. The french connection and the art of ugly cinenation. The film connection film school alternative is endorsed by filmmakers who are making movies, maybe even the movies you love. Add the word french to the title of director cedric jimenezs period policier the connection, and you get this film s intended spiritual antecedent. The french connection 1971 director william friedkin would make it impossible to see his career straight two years after the french connection by directing the exorcist, which took on a life of its own. Jan 23, 2020 first sonny grosso was a police detective, one of the two depicted in the 1971 movie the french connection. The french connection is a 1971 american action thriller film directed by william friedkin. Jan 23, 2020 sonny grosso, an nypd detective who, along with partner eddie egan, inspired william friedkins 1971 crime classic the french connection, died yesterday in manhattan following a long illness. Scott looks back at william friedkins 1971 drama starring gene hackman. A pair of nyc cops in the narcotics bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a french connection. Film critic philip frenchs vast book collection donated to. Film critic philip frenchs vast book collection donated to bfi. For his role in the french connection, he won an academy award, a bafta award, and a golden globe for best actor.
Apr 10, 2018 the 100 films that make up this list represent the best of french language film. But prior to that, this was the movie that defined his career. The connection has too few ties to any movie thrills. It tells the story of new york police department detectives jimmy popeye doyle and buddy cloudy russo, whose reallife counterparts. When the french connection was made that notion didnt. This isnt really a sequel, its a fresh start with the same character, and its not a ripoff of william friedkins 1970 film. The prescient, essential film criticism of harry alan potamkin. A hugely successful slambang thriller that zaps the audience with noise, speed, and brutality. He needed the violence, maybe, to survive the toughest beat in town.
The greatest film scenes ever shot feature film the. The connection this transatlantic look at the gallic hero in the french connection case trades the gritty realism of william friedkins classic for periodmovie pageantry. The french connection 1971 the gene hackman crime thriller that was all about the chase. Mar 25, 2020 jesse eisenberg stars in resistance, the story of a group of jewish boy scouts who worked with the french resistance to save the lives of 10,000 orphans during world war ii. Friedkin sure could use a hit and i think, after many years, he has one here, albeit on a smaller scale than some of his past films. Popeye doyle was a highly unusual hero, an often violent, racist, and meanspirited cop whose dedication to his job fell. The prescient, essential film criticism of harry alan. Its a drama, crime sort of thriller that stars gene hackman, roy scheider and fernando rey. It tells the story of new york police department detectives jimmy popeye doyle and buddy cloudy russo, whose reallife counterparts were narcotics detectives eddie egan and sonny grosso, in pursuit of wealthy french heroin smuggler alain charnier.
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