Paul Schrader
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Best films:
7.0 Blue Collar (1978) 6.7 Hardcore (1979) 6.8 American Gigolo (1980) 5.8 Cat People (1982) 6.7 Mishima - A Life in Four Chapters (1985) 6.7 Light of Day (1987) 6.6 Patty Hearst (1988) 6.9 The Comfort of Strangers (1990) 6.9 Light Sleeper (1992) 4.0 Witch Hunt (1994) 4.5 Touch (1997) 6.5 Affliction (1998) 4.5 Forever Mine (1999) 6.5 Auto Focus (2002) 5.0 Dominion - Prequel to the Exorcist (2005) 5.5 The Walker (2007) 6.3 Adam Resurrected (2008) 5.5 The Canyons (2013) 5.0 The Dying of the Light (2014) 5.0 Dog Eat Dog (2016) 7.1 First Reformed (2017) 7.0 The Card Counter (2021) | Links: |
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Paul Schrader (USA, 1946), who had scripted films for
Sydney Pollack and
Martin Scorsese,
debuted with the Ken Loach-esque Blue Collar (1978) and
Hardcore (1979).
American Gigolo (1980) He then directed: Cat People (1982), the remake of the horror classic, Mishima - A Life in Four Chapters (1985) Light of Day (1987), Patty Hearst (1988), The Comfort of Strangers (1990), adapted from the Ian McEwan novel, Light Sleeper (1992), Witch Hunt (1994), Touch (1997), adapted from an Elmore Leonard novel, Affliction (1997), adapted from a Russell Banks novel, Forever Mine (1999), the biopic Auto Focus (2002), Exorcist - The Original Prequel (2005), later renamed Dominion - Prequel to the Exorcist, The Walker (2007), Adam Resurrected (2008), The Canyons (2013) , The Dying of the Light (2014), Dog Eat Dog (2016), First Reformed (2017), the best of his latter years, The Card Counter (2021), etc.
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