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Paul Schrader
George Kouvaros
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Description for Paul Schrader
Paperback. A searing study of an important American writer-director Series: Contemporary Film Directors. Num Pages: 184 pages, 27. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 330. Weight in Grams: 249.
As the first full-length study on Paul Schrader's films, this book examines the different styles of his work and the multiple influences on which it draws. A defining feature of Schrader's career is his capacity to engage in a range of collaborations and production contexts while returning to a consistent set of themes, character types, and dramatic scenarios. Going beyond the affirmation of a directorial vision, Schrader creates a cinema driven by issues of obsession, memory, and the difficult nature of experience. Representative of a new generation of American writer-directors of the 1970s, Schrader's films highlight the tension between old ... Read more
As the first full-length study on Paul Schrader's films, this book examines the different styles of his work and the multiple influences on which it draws. A defining feature of Schrader's career is his capacity to engage in a range of collaborations and production contexts while returning to a consistent set of themes, character types, and dramatic scenarios. Going beyond the affirmation of a directorial vision, Schrader creates a cinema driven by issues of obsession, memory, and the difficult nature of experience. Representative of a new generation of American writer-directors of the 1970s, Schrader's films highlight the tension between old ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Series
Contemporary Film Directors
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252075087
SKU
V9780252075087
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About George Kouvaros
George Kouvaros is a professor of film studies in the School of the Arts and Media at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He is the author of Awakening the Eye: Robert Frank’s American Cinema and Where Does It Happen? John Cassavetes and Cinema at the Breaking Point.
Reviews for Paul Schrader
"A good book for film students and Schrader enthusiasts, and it provides ample springboards for further discussion of the director's oeuvre."
Pop Matters "Across an impressive series of writings, George Kouvaros has been one of our ablest commentators on the performance of self by both film directors and their fictional characters on-screen. With his sharp and concise study of Paul Schrader, ... Read more
Pop Matters "Across an impressive series of writings, George Kouvaros has been one of our ablest commentators on the performance of self by both film directors and their fictional characters on-screen. With his sharp and concise study of Paul Schrader, ... Read more