A lyrical and spiritual cinematic essay on The Exorcist, the last film of Alexandre O. Philippe explores the uncharted depths of William Friedkin’s mind’s eye, the nuances of his filmmaking process, and the mysteries of faith and fate that have shaped his life and filmography.
Direction
Philippe lets Friedkin's tangents become the entire glorious point.
Editing
Hypnotic montages that fuse confession, cinema, and cosmic dread.
Director
Alexandre O. Philippe
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Friedkin shot the documentary's Kyoto footage himself during a personal pilgrimage, not for this project originally.
The title references Friedkin's actual documentary Leap of Faith, which he abandoned in the 1970s—Philippe finished what he couldn't.
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