{"product_id":"refocus-the-films-of-paul-schrader-9781474462044","title":"Refocus: The Films of Paul Schrader","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOffers the first comprehensive academic text to explore Paul Schrader's film career through analysis of his directing, screenwriting, and film criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContains a chapter-length interview, in which Schrader examines the arc of his career for the first time and revises previous statements about filmmaking and film criticismProvides a valuable update to previous texts on SchraderConsiders Schrader's overlooked films and provides new insight into their connections with Schrader's better known filmsContains chapters on Schrader's work since 2008, the publication date of the last book on his filmmakingPaul Schrader's unique relationship to the role of the author (as screenwriter, director and critic) has long informed his cinema, and raises complicated questions about the definition of the \u003ci\u003eauteur\u003c\/i\u003e. This volume of essays - one of the first collections to assess Schrader's contributions to directing, screenwriting and criticism - includes the first original appraisals of his much-lauded masterpiece \u003ci\u003eFirst Reformed\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), as well as a chapter-length interview with Schrader himself, conducted by the editors. \u003cbr\u003eProviding a comprehensive exploration of his groundbreaking achievements in cinema, the book considers Schrader's more overlooked films and provides new insights to their connection with his celebrated work in direction and screenwriting such as \u003ci\u003eTaxi Driver\u003c\/i\u003e (1976), \u003ci\u003eCat People\u003c\/i\u003e (1982) and \u003ci\u003eThe Comfort of Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e (1990).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichelle Moore PhD is Professor of English at the College of DuPage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Brems is Associate Professor of English at the College of DuPage and Director of Development at the Limelight Theatre Company\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50863826272530,"sku":"9781474462044","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5b2464eb-6ee7-4744-872d-33265a34a039.jpg?v=1737646651","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/refocus-the-films-of-paul-schrader-9781474462044","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}