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Paul Schrader goes Bollywood.
By Vadim Rizov on 10/12/2009
Filed under: Abroad
It's been a rough decade for Paul Schrader. Writing "Taxi Driver" only gets you so far -- his last two films ("The Walker," "Adam Resurrected") received token releases met with widespread critical indifference, and his "Exorcist" prequel was reshot by Renny "Deep Blue Sea" Harlin. For a guy who takes himself as seriously as Schrader does, that has to hurt. So Schrader did the same thing anyone in his position would do: he sulked off to India to make a Bollywood gangster thriller/musical: "Xtrme City," which will soon start casting. Hey, everyone's doing it. And it's not Schrader's first venture... MORE »
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"I'm going to Bollywood!"
By Alison Willmore on 11/25/2008
Filed under: Coming attractionsPaul Schrader, who actually has a movie coming out this year -- "Adam Resurrected," whose circus/Holocaust combo dooms it to "The Day the Clown Cried" associations -- is going with the latest trend and heading to Bollywood. "I've been getting indie movies made for 20 years," he told the Hollywood Reporter. "But I take a good look around and what I see is a barren, barren place -- in terms of the financial community, in terms of audiences, in terms of distribution. It's cold out there." But it's warm and friendly in Mumbai! "Extreme City," his project, will apparently be... MORE »
Telluride's quiet year.
By Alison Willmore on 08/28/2008
Filed under: FestivalsThe unique Telluride Film Festival, which (in)famously asks that you place your trust in it, purchase your pass and book inordinately expensive lodging in its small Colorado mountain town before ever knowing what films will be there, kicks off Friday, and has just announced its line-up. Due to the writers strike, this year's festival seems to be low on major premieres -- "Juno" and "Walk the Line" are among the films to have first screened there, though this year's sneak peeks are still a secret. Paul Schrader's "Adam Resurrected," a film about a circus performer (Jeff Goldblum) forced to perform... MORE »
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