Cinematographer Michael Chapman died on Sept. 20, 2020. He was 84. We hadn’t heard or seen much of Chapman recently (his last credit was Bridge to Terabithia in 2007), but Chapman was king in the 1970s and ’80s. Chapman’s first credit as … Continue reading TAXI DRIVER
Movies echo movies. Sometimes in the minds of the filmmakers: Conversations in sound and image across time and space. Sometimes in the viewer’s minds: Stories ping-ponging their way through a couple of thousand years of recorded history. More often than … Continue reading AMERICAN BOY: A PROFILE OF STEVEN PRINCE
As the coronavirus pandemic approaches its projected peak, the need to stay indoors takes on a renewed urgency. But, for a good many, self-isolation is less than a luxury. Escape is needed, and there are fewer art forms that offer … Continue reading On Familiar Ground: Paul Schrader and the Death Impulse
“Each film is interlocked with so many other films. You can’t get away. Whatever you do now that you think is new was already done in 1913.” “When I first went to L.A. in 1970, there was a little bit of that need in me to buy into, participate in, the dream world of celebrity. It’s almost as if they are like gods and goddesses – that’s the impression they make on you from when you’re four or five years old. That’s the old story.” –Martin Scorsese Continue reading Born On This Day – November 17, 1942
“I wrote Taxi Driver as personal therapy, not as a commercial project.” –Paul Schrader Continue reading Born On This Day – July 22, 1946
“Other college kids had to vandalize government buildings. All we had to do to rebel was go to movies.” –Paul Schrader Continue reading In Their Words – Tuesday, May 28, 2013
“There was always a part of me that wanted to be an old-time director. But I couldn’t do that. I’m not a pro.” –Martin Scorsese Continue reading In Their Words – Saturday, May 25, 2013
