ReFocus : the films of Paul Schrader / edited by Michelle E. Moore and Brian Brems.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moore, Michelle E., Author.

Contributor:

Moore, Michelle E., editor.

Brems, Brian R., editor.

Series:

ReFocus, the American directors series.

ReFocus: the American directors series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schrader, Paul, 1946---Criticism and interpretation.

Schrader, Paul.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 259 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

The films of Paul Schrader

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2020.

Summary:

Providing a comprehensive exploration of his groundbreaking achievements in cinema, the book considers Schrader's more overlooked films and provides new insights to their connection with his celebrated work in direction and screenwriting such as Taxi Driver (1976), Cat People (1982) and The Comfort of Strangers (1990).

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures

Acknowledgments

Notes on Contributors

Introduction: Taxi Driver Forward

Part I: Ideas, Influences, and Intellect

1. Schrader and Style

2. Movement and Meaning: The “Unmotivated” Camera in Four Films by Paul Schrader

3. Late Schrader: From the Canon to the Canyons

Part II: Instincts, Investigation, and Innovation

4. “Thinking White”: Performing Racial Tension in Blue Collar

5. Prophets and Zealots: Paul Schrader’s Adaptations of The Mosquito Coast and The Last Temptation of Christ

6. “So I Found Another Form of Expression”: Art and Life/Art in Life in Paul Schrader’s Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

7. Schrader’s Women: Cat People and Patty Hearst

8. Paul Schrader’s Experiment in Italian Neo-decadence: The Comfort of Strangers and the Sadean System

9. “Just Being Transparent Baby”: Surveillance Culture, Digitization, and Self-regulation in Paul Schrader’s The Canyons

10. “Every Act of Preservation is an Act of Creation”: Paul Schrader’s Eco-theology in First Reformed

11. Leaning on the Everlasting Arms: Love and Silence in First Reformed

Part III: Interview

12. Interview with Paul Schrader conducted by Michelle E. Moore and Brian Brems on 9/27/2018 at the Rail Line Diner, NYC

Filmography

Criticism and Selected Interviews

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Oct 2020).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4744-9069-7

1-4744-6205-7

OCLC:

1312725929