ReFocus: The Films of Paul Schrader
Published on 30. June 2020
Book
Hardback
276 pages
978-1-4744-6203-7 (ISBN)
Description
Paul Schrader's unique relationship to the role of the author (as screenwriter, director and critic) has long informed his cinema, and raises complicated questions about the definition of the auteur. This volume of essays - one of the first collections to assess Schrader's contributions to directing, screenwriting and criticism - includes the first original appraisals of his much-lauded masterpiece First Reformed (2017), as well as a chapter-length interview with Schrader himself, conducted by the editors.
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).
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).
Reviews / Votes
"As a filmmaker and as an essayist, Paul Schrader has always been focused on the life of spirit, often under the most debased conditions and shocking circumstances. That focus, as a writer and as a director, has resulted in several truly remarkable pictures. We've worked together on and off throughout the better part of our lives. It hasn't always been easy, but it has always been fruitful and, quite often, revelatory. Truly, I don't know where the art of cinema would be without his work, his mind, and his presence. This collection is a just and illuminating tribute to the work of a very important artist." - Martin ScorseseMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
544 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4744-6203-7 (9781474462037)
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E-Book
05/2020
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Edinburgh University Press
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Persons
Michelle Moore PhD is Professor of English at the College of DuPage.
Brian Brems is Associate Professor of English at the College of DuPage and Director of Development at the Limelight Theatre Company
Brian Brems is Associate Professor of English at the College of DuPage and Director of Development at the Limelight Theatre Company
Content
Introduction: Taxi Driver Forward - Brian Brems and Michelle E. Moore
Schrader and Style - Erik M. Bachman
Movement and Meaning: The "unmotivated" Camera in Four Films by Paul Schrader - Deborah Allison
Late Schrader: From the Canon to the Canyons - BillyStevenson
"Thinking White:" Performing Racial Tension in Blue Collar - Scott Balcerzak
Prophets and Zealots: Paul Schrader's Adaptations of The Mosquito Coast and The Last Temptation of Christ - Erica Moulton
"So I find another form of expression": Art and Life/Art in Life in Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters - Thomas Prasch
Schrader's Women: Cat People and Patty Hearst - Brian Brems
Paul Schrader's Experiment in Italian Neo-decadence: The Comfort of Strangers and the Sadean System - Robert Dassanowsky
"Just Being Transparent Baby": Surveillance Culture, Digitization and Self-Regulation in Paul Schrader's The Canyons - James Slaymaker
"Every Act of Preservation Is an Act of Creation": Paul Schrader's Eco-Theology in First Reformed - Tatiana Prorokova
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms: Love and Silence in First Reformed - Robert Ribera
Interview with Paul Schrader conducted by Michelle E. Moore and Brian Brems on 9/27/2018 at the Rail Line Diner, NY
Filmography
Bibliography
Schrader and Style - Erik M. Bachman
Movement and Meaning: The "unmotivated" Camera in Four Films by Paul Schrader - Deborah Allison
Late Schrader: From the Canon to the Canyons - BillyStevenson
"Thinking White:" Performing Racial Tension in Blue Collar - Scott Balcerzak
Prophets and Zealots: Paul Schrader's Adaptations of The Mosquito Coast and The Last Temptation of Christ - Erica Moulton
"So I find another form of expression": Art and Life/Art in Life in Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters - Thomas Prasch
Schrader's Women: Cat People and Patty Hearst - Brian Brems
Paul Schrader's Experiment in Italian Neo-decadence: The Comfort of Strangers and the Sadean System - Robert Dassanowsky
"Just Being Transparent Baby": Surveillance Culture, Digitization and Self-Regulation in Paul Schrader's The Canyons - James Slaymaker
"Every Act of Preservation Is an Act of Creation": Paul Schrader's Eco-Theology in First Reformed - Tatiana Prorokova
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms: Love and Silence in First Reformed - Robert Ribera
Interview with Paul Schrader conducted by Michelle E. Moore and Brian Brems on 9/27/2018 at the Rail Line Diner, NY
Filmography
Bibliography