My hometown of Chicago has four great cinematic exports: the Wachowski sisters, Michael Mann, and the late William Friedkin. A graduate of Senn High School (a ten-minute drive from where I grew up), Friedkin was one of the most beloved Chicagoans to walk the earth. Though he never filmed anything in Chi-town, Friedkin had a masterful understanding of cityscapes, as seen in his New York thrillers like Cruising and The French Connection–the latter of which earned him a Best Director trophy at the 44th Academy Awards. We all know classics likeThe Exorcist and cult films like Sorcerer, with one of his best works, To Live and Die in L.A., resting at the midpoint between both poles.
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