{"product_id":"three-films-smoke-blue-in-the-face-and-lulu-on-the-bridge-9780312423148","title":"Three Films: Smoke, Blue in the Face, and Lulu on the Bridge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eThe New York Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e to\u003ci\u003e The Book of Illusions \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e 4 3 2 1\u003c\/i\u003e, Paul Auster's novels earned him a reputation as \"one of American's most spectacularly inventive writers.\" Here, published together for the first time, are the screenplays of the three films he made in the 1990s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmoke \u003c\/i\u003e(starring Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Forest Whitaker, and Stockard Channing) tells the story of a novelist, a cigar store manager, and a black teenager who unexpectedly cross paths and end up changing each other's lives in indelible ways. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in contemporary Brooklyn, \u003ci\u003eSmoke \u003c\/i\u003edirectly inspired \u003ci\u003eBlue in the Face\u003c\/i\u003e, a largely improvised comedy shot in a total of six days. A film unlike any other it stars Harvey Keitel, with featured performances by Roseanne, Lily Tomlin, Lou Reed, and Michael J. Fox. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLulu on the Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e (Auster's solo directorial debut, again starring Harvey Keitel, with Mira Sorvino, Willem Dafoe, and Vanessa Redgrave) opens with the accidental shooting of jazz musician Izzy Maurer during a performance in a New York club. Izzy is then led on a journey into the strange and sometimes frightening labyrinth of his soul. Both thriller and fairy tale, Lulu on the Bridge is above all a story about the redemptive powers of love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Auster's\u003c\/b\u003e eleventh novel \u003ci\u003eOracle Night\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Henry Holt in December 2003. His novel \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Illusions\u003c\/i\u003e was an international bestseller and is also available from Picador together with \u003ci\u003eTimbuktu, Hand to Mouth\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e I Thought My Father Was God\u003c\/i\u003e, the NPR National Story Project anthology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"St. Martins Press-3PL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491673870610,"sku":"9780312423148","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_db4518d3-ba29-4c64-a930-2894532b8378.jpg?v=1730548205","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/three-films-smoke-blue-in-the-face-and-lulu-on-the-bridge-9780312423148","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}