Paul Schrader wrote Taxi Driver in about two weeks while living in his car, and Raging Bull and The Last Temptation of Christ. He was raised in a strict Calvinist household that forbade films until he was seventeen.
Paul SchraderTaxi Driver (1976) rates 9 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Schrader wrote it living in his car after a divorce, and the film never once steps outside Travis Bickle's head. The narration sounds reasonable. That is the horror.
Paul SchraderSchrader's 2017 religious drama. Ethan Hawke as a Protestant minister losing his faith over climate despair.
Paul SchraderSchrader's 2021 gambling drama. Oscar Isaac as an Abu Ghraib veteran on the poker circuit.
Mardik MartinScorsese's 1980 boxing biopic of Jake LaMotta. Black-and-white, Schoonmaker-cut, De Niro at 60 pounds heavier.
Paul SchraderPaul Schrader grew up in a strict Calvinist household in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It's a hard film to watch, not because of what it shows, which is less explicit than its reputation suggests, but because of what it understands about…
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