After finding success as a screenwriter on films such as Taxi Driver (directed by Martin Scorsese) and Obsession (directed by Brian DePalma), Paul Schrader earned enough clout to direct his own material. Schrader’s directorial debut Blue Collar follows three auto…
[AMAZONPRODUCTS asin=”B00JHH1YQG”]An imaginative updating of the Phantom of the Opera (with a liberal dose of Faust thrown in) set in the business of Rock ‘n roll, Brian De Palma’s Phantom of the Paradise didn’t make much of an impact at…
In 1977 director Martin Scorsese was on a roll. Hot off the critical and commercial success of Mean Streets, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, and Taxi Driver, he was given free rein to do whatever he wished. His pet project…