Biskind 's book , accordingly , concludes with a litany of spectacular Coppola 's Apocalypse Now and One From the Heart , Spielberg 's 1941 , William Friedkin 's Sorcerer , and , of course , Michael Cimino 's Heaven 's Gate . According to Mardik Martin , Scorsese 's erstwhile writing partner ( as quoted by Biskind ) : The auteur theory killed all these people .
Biskind stated that Mardik Martin had been William Friedkin 's former writing partner .