To Live and Die in L.A.
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: William Friedkin Run Time: 116 min. Release Year: 1985
Starring: Debra Feuer, John Pankow, John Turturro, Willem Dafoe, William Petersen
Slick. Sweaty. Deadly. William Friedkin’s To Live and Die in L.A. turns 40 years old this year—and it still hits like a bullet to the chest.
Coming off the heels of The French Connection and Sorcerer, Friedkin delivered this sun-scorched, Reagan-era crime thriller with the intensity of a punk rock opera. When a reckless Secret Service agent (William Petersen in his breakout role) sets out to take down a ruthless counterfeiter (a cold-blooded Willem Dafoe), the lines between justice and obsession dissolve in a haze of money, betrayal, and blood.
With its iconic Wang Chung synth score, daring car chases, and razor-sharp style, To Live and Die in L.A. is pure ’80s noir heat!