Paul Schrader - Masterclass #3

There is no dying of the light that burns within screenwriter and filmmaker Paul Schrader. His is a rage that remains constant. Looking back at the 1970s, it wasn’t that the new and radical wave of US independent films were necessarily better than what was to follow. The difference lay in the effect on the audiences that went to see them, he argues. This new cinema was the catalyst for us all to recognise and articulate our social anxieties. But it was Schrader's vision itself, moulded by a strict Calvinist upbringing, that shaped many of these works, from Taxi Driver to Hardcore to Raging Bull, films characterised by compulsiveness, ambiguity and destructive narcissism.
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[@LucasPreti]

great lighting on the audience there

[@aldosanchez4337]

Was expecting sarcasm but damn youre right

[@retter2critical]

Dark is a masterpiece.

[@suchitabhhatia_filmmaker]

it is not what they do to you, it is also what you do to you ! #great lesson

[@jamesclyne7240]

beam me up Scottie

[@rayadakota1332]

"Directors by nature are alpha creatures."

[@robobrando]

Schrader needed more water.

[@Schneekardinal]

Yikes!

[@marshallzane7735]

I love Schrader but those Dying of the Light scenes are so fucking bad

[@IIGhost807II]

I thought that too but I think maybe it was bc they didn't have the original footage and were trying to be experimental as the reason it didn't look great. Maybe it was more of the idea of the scene than anything but yeah when I initially saw them I was like oof.

[@jamesclyne7240]

Schrader is NOT a visual director

[@jamesclyne7240]

god these clips are poorly directed