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Jul 25, 2020 · As Peterson describes in a behind-the-scenes featurette, the film rented a portion of a freeway for the weekend and sourced nine-hundred (!) cars to give the impression of rush hour.
Nov 28, 2023 · To Live and Die in L.A. is Friedkin’s sun-baked cult cop classic. Here, Chris Cotonou goes behind-the-scenes in the making of the film’s car chase segment in which he arguably topped The French Connection.
- Gerald Petievich’s source novel was recommended to Friedkin as something he might enjoy, and he ended up being attracted to “the surrealist nature of the life of a Secret Service agent.”
- When Wang Chung was brought on for the music he told them that it absolutely shouldn’t include a theme song. “Don’t write a song that has the lyric ‘to live and die in L.A.’”
- Eric Masters’ (Willem Dafoe) artistic side is based on German painter Rainer Fetting. Friedkin had Dafoe spend time with the artist, and the art in the film is actually Fetting’s work.
- Friedkin wrote the first draft of the script by himself, but he contacted Petievich to help with some additional scenes. This collaboration led to Friedkin insisting that the author share a writing credit on the film.
Aug 8, 2022 · To Live and Die in LA. August 8, 2022 All of the films I have made, that I have chosen to make, are all about the thin line between good and evil. And also the thin line that exists in each and every one of us.
By Sven Mikulec If you were to compile a list of the most impressive and exhilarating car chases in the history of the motion pictures, it's more than likely that one filmmaker's name would have several entries in the top ten. William Friedkin blew the world's mind with The French Connection, and years later,
Nov 3, 2020 · Richard Chance (Petersen) is a reckless, cavalier Secret Service agent. Soon after foiling an assassination attempt on President Reagan his partner is shot dead while investigating a warehouse owned by counterfeiter Rick Masters (Willem Dafoe).
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To Live and Die in L.A. is a 1985 American neo-noir [1] [2] action crime thriller film directed and co-written by William Friedkin and based on the 1984 novel by former United States Secret Service agent Gerald Petievich, who co-wrote the screenplay with Friedkin.
