William Friedkin lays it all on the line in this 1977 thriller, shaking his fist at the sky and the precarious times of an increasingly globalized and tragically nuclear world. Assembling a ragtag group of all nationalities on every level of production, the odyssey of four damned workers journeying to a pillar of flame with even more nitroglycerin stands as one of the tensest narratives put to film, plagued by issues as soon as the crew set foot in the jungle. Join your hosts as they discuss its charged structure, authorial importance, the moral questions of filming in such locales, and its lush cinematography, in tribute to one of the medium's absolute masters.
Travis Woods' Bright Wall/Dark Room Article - No Way To Managua: Bridging the Forces of Fate and Identity in William Friedkin’s Sorcerer
William Friedkin lays it all on the line in this 1977 thriller, shaking his fist at the sky and the precarious times of an increasingly globalized and tragically nuclear world. Assembling a ragtag group of all nationalities on every level of production, the odyssey of four damned workers journeying to a pillar of flame with even more nitroglycerin stands as one of the tensest narratives put to film, plagued by issues as soon as the crew set foot in the jungle. Join your hosts as they discuss its charged structure, authorial importance, the moral questions of filming in such locales, and its lush cinematography, in tribute to one of the medium's absolute masters.
Travis Woods' Bright Wall/Dark Room Article - No Way To Managua: Bridging the Forces of Fate and Identity in William Friedkin’s Sorcerer