William Friedkin

I realized early on that all of us were capable of good and evil. That it’s within all of us. And that’s how I approach the stories I do.

Its brutal mental and physical outbursts will likely remain the most grueling screen scenes of 2007...but it's a shame Bug isn't more than it cracks up to be.

With its deathless car chase, Friedkin's film became an instant American classic...

Mind-bogglingly well-produced, each hour the equivalent of a mini-movie.

Friedkin’s pretty shrewd himself, in how he teases out the humor without indulging Letts’ immature glibness, and how he sidesteps Bible Belt baptism to waterboard us in the sewer of selfish human nature.