What has made Paul Schrader one of the rare writer/directors to keep finding success? It's hard to write one amazing screenplay. It's harder to get it made. It's even harder to ever write another, and get that made... and start to direct... and continue to get projects made. Schrader has done all of that, sticking close always to the types of characters and human drama that interests him. Nothing bombastic. No preexisting IP. No sell-outs. No Taxi Driver first-person-shooter video games. How has he done it and thrived? He burst onto the scene with Taxi Driver, delivering an iconic character in Travis Bickle that would also launch the careers of cinema legends Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro. The three would connect again for another iconic film and character with Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Tuesday, 7 September, 2021