Video Interview: Fritz Lang and William Friedkin

Once again the Internet gives movie fans a video treasure. Here is a 1974 conversation between director William Friedkin (French Connection, The Exorcist) and famed German director (Metropolis, M).

DangerousMinds provides this overview of some of the subjects Lang and Friedkin cover:

And so it is with Lang, as he tells tale after tale in this entertaining and immensely watchable interview with director of The Exorcist, William Friedkin. From running away from home, to surviving by his wits, to making his classic films Metropolis and M, to meetings with criminals and murderers — one killer kept the hands of victims under his bed, to his meeting with the Nazi Mad Man, to Hollywood and after, Lang, looking rather like Dr Strangelove, describes his hugely fantastic life.

By the way, while Lang is known as a director, he was also a writer with 36 titles on IMDB including M, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, and Fury.

For that matter, Friedkin has screenwriting credits as well including Cruising and To Live and Die in L.A..

HT to @webacion for sourcing this remarkable interview.