Sorcerer (1977)

A Herzogian task to even make this movie. Somehow Friedkin pulled it off. And that bridge sequence. 👏

Sorcerer feels like a Herzogian task to have even accomplished - a globetrotting, grueling production about exploitation, greed, and men who think they can outrun their pasts. Friedkin dragged cast and crew through actual jungle hell to make this, and you feel every bit of that insanity on screen. The tension is relentless. The trucks full of nitroglycerin. The rotting rope bridges. The rain that won’t stop.

This is a movie that understands no one can bargain with death. These men are already dead - they just haven’t stopped moving yet. Every mile is borrowed time, and Friedkin makes you feel the weight of that with every frame.

It flopped on release because it opened the same week as Star Wars. We weren’t ready for it. We weren’t worthy of it.

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