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1 online resource (xii, 259 pages) : illustrations (black and white). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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ReFocus, the American directors series
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ReFocus, the American directors series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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 |
Acknowledgements; Contributors; Introduction: Taxi Driver Forward, Brian Brems and Michelle E. Moore; 1: Schrader and Style, Erik M. Bachman; 2: Movement and Meaning: The 'unmotivated' Camera in Four Films by Paul Schrader, Deborah Allison; 3: Late Schrader: From the Canon to the Canyons, Billy Stevenson; 4: 'Thinking White:' Performing Racial Tension in Blue Collar, Scott Balcerzak; 5: Prophets and Zealots: Paul Schrader's Adaptations of The Mosquito Coast and The Last Temptation of Christ, Erica Moulton; 6: '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; 7: Schrader's Women: Cat People and Patty Hearst, Brian Brems; 8: Paul Schrader's Experiment in Italian Neo-decadence: The Comfort of Strangers and the Sadean System, Robert Dassanowsky; 9: 'Just Being Transparent Baby': Surveillance Culture, Digitization and Self-Regulation in Paul Schrader's The Canyons, James Slaymaker; 10: 'Every Act of Preservation Is an Act of Creation': Paul Schrader's Eco-Theology in First Reformed, Tatiana Prorokova; 11: 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, NYC; Filmography; Bibliography. |
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AcknowledgementsContributors 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 FilmographyBibliography. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Schrader, Paul, 1946- -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Schrader, Paul, 1946- |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Moore, Michelle E., editor.
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Brems, Brian R., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Films of Paul Schrader. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2020 9781474462037 (OCoLC)1152012514 |
| ISBN |
9781474462051 (electronic book) |
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1474462057 (electronic book) |
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9781474462037 (hardcover) |
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1474462030 (hardcover) |
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9781474462068 Electronic book (EPUB format) |
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1474462065 |
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