Paul Schrader: Man In a Room
8 Episodes
A titan of the American cinema who emerged from the ranks of the 1970s movie brats with his era-defining screenplay for TAXI DRIVER, writer-director Paul Schrader has pursued a defiantly singular vision in his provocative explorations of guilt and salvation in a soul-sick world. In this original documentary, director Alex Ross Perry (HER SMELL, LISTEN UP PHILIP) visits the ever-iconoclastic auteur on the set of his acclaimed latest film, FIRST REFORMED, where Schrader reflects on the highs and lows of his legendary career, the challenges and rewards of slow cinema, and his often controversial social-media presence. Expounding on the influences and experiences that led him to FIRST REFORMED, Schrader situates his late-period masterpiece within the context of his extensive body of work, a selection of which appears alongside this revealing profile.
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33:26Episode 1Paul Schrader: Man in a Room
Episode 1
A titan of the American cinema who emerged from the ranks of the 1970s movie brats with his era-defining screenplay for TAXI DRIVER, writer-director Paul Schrader has pursued a defiantly singular vision in his provocative explorations of guilt and salvation in a soul-sick world. In this original ...
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1:53:56Episode 2Taxi Driver
Episode 2
Directed by Martin Scorsese • 1976 • United States
Starring Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Albert BrooksScripted by Paul Schrader and directed by Martin Scorsese, TAXI DRIVER is a powerful study of a dangerously fractured psyche, as well as a vividly grimy portrait of New York City in the 1970s....
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Hardcore
Episode 3
Directed by Paul Schrader • 1979 • United States
Starring George C. Scott, Peter Boyle, Season HubleyPaul Schrader’s potent sophomore feature stars George C. Scott as a conservative Calvinist businessman from the Midwest who is drawn into California’s pornographic underground as he searches for...
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2:01:31Episode 4Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Episode 4
Directed by Paul Schrader • 1985 • Japan, United States
Paul Schrader's visually stunning, collagelike portrait of acclaimed Japanese author and playwright Yukio Mishima (played by Ken Ogata) investigates the inner turmoil and contradictions of a man who attempted an impossible harmony between s...
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1:44:01Episode 5Patty Hearst
Episode 5
Directed by Paul Schrader • 1988 • United States
Starring Natasha Richardson, William Forsythe, Ving RhamesWho was the real Patty Hearst? Built around a remarkable performance from Natasha Richardson, this chilling biopic explores the many dimensions of one of the twentieth century’s most contr...
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1:44:50Episode 6The Comfort of Strangers
Episode 6
Directed by Paul Schrader • 1990 • United States
Starring Christopher Walken, Rupert Everett, Natasha RichardsonTwo couples are drawn into a dark psychosexual vortex in Paul Schrader’s stylish take on the erotic thriller. Rupert Everett and Natasha Richardson are a British couple hoping to repa...
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1:43:25Episode 7Light Sleeper
Episode 7
Directed by Paul Schrader • 1992 • United States
Starring Willem Dafoe, Susan Sarandon, Dana DelanyWillem Dafoe stars in this moody character study as John LeTour, a drug dealer who faces a midlife crisis now that his supplier (Susan Sarandon) wants a change of career. LeTour reencounters an ol...
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1:45:52Episode 8Auto Focus
Episode 8
Directed by Paul Schrader • 2002 • United States
Starring Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe, Rita WilsonPaul Schrader delves into the seedy underbelly of fame in this darkly compelling look at the life and times of actor Bob Crane (Greg Kinnear), who found fame as the clean-cut star of the sitcom “Hog...
