William Friedkin didn't make that many great movies after all. The Exorcist, The French Connection. I haven't seen his 60s movies but Sorcerer was just the bold but vain remake of a masterpiece.
It seems his earlier successes did hamper his talent or maybe he was an arrogant a-hole from the beginning. Watching his video interview of Fritz Lang, I was baffled by the way he demanded answers from the old man. OK Truffaut was a little too deferent and was also trying to capture some of the spotlight from Hitchcock, but he showed respect.
Now, without over-analyzing the director's profile, The Hunted is just a lifeless movie. Martial characters without emotions, without inner motivation, almost beasts running, hiding and fighting for the entire movie. In the meantime the settings change just to make believe something different happens, but it's just a bland meaningless hunt mingling characters we never care for.
What a waste of time, energy, etc.
It seems his earlier successes did hamper his talent or maybe he was an arrogant a-hole from the beginning. Watching his video interview of Fritz Lang, I was baffled by the way he demanded answers from the old man. OK Truffaut was a little too deferent and was also trying to capture some of the spotlight from Hitchcock, but he showed respect.
Now, without over-analyzing the director's profile, The Hunted is just a lifeless movie. Martial characters without emotions, without inner motivation, almost beasts running, hiding and fighting for the entire movie. In the meantime the settings change just to make believe something different happens, but it's just a bland meaningless hunt mingling characters we never care for.
What a waste of time, energy, etc.