Paul Schrader

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q363989: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to The Last Temptation of Christ, which After Hours with Alison Sivitz credits them on.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Taxi Driver (1976); Hardcore (1979); American Gigolo (1980); The Card Counter (2021); Exorcist prequel (Schrader version). Count them as writer (3 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Murder by Contract: 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through Taxi Driver (1976), which they directed: Murder by Contract ⇒ Taxi Driver (the host's read). Murder by Contract is called a huge influence on Taxi Driver.
    “very well-known for murder by contract, which was a huge influence on taxi driver”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 0:55:34 · Griffin Newman (0.35 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

8mm (1999): 1 line

  1. lineage (rip-off) · through Hardcore (1979), which they directed: Hardcore ⇒ 8mm (the host's read). Says 8mm directly rips off Hardcore, in the style of Se7en.
    “It's ripping off hardcore in the style of seven.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:42:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Thief (1981): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Taxi Driver (1976), which they directed: Taxi Driver ⇒ Thief (the host's read). Scorsese used wet streets in Taxi Driver before Mann made it a signature.
    “Scorsese did a little bit in taxi driver”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:03:18 · Bill Simmons (0.45 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (5) everyone in directing

Writing (5) everyone in writing

Other (4) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Paul Schrader → Renny Harlin. The Schrader and Harlin Exorcist prequels are the same movie but not; more interesting if you've seen Harlin's.
    “the Schrader and the Harlan movies, which are the same movie, but not.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:35:27 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (peripheral auteurs): Brian De Palma → Paul Schrader. Both are tortured by their relationship to Hollywood and brought in to studio jobs.
    “the guys who are like really tortured by their relationship to Hollywood, like Paul Schrader and De Palma”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 1:07:09 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (COVID shoot): Paul Schrader → The Card Counter. Schrader wanted to finish The Card Counter during COVID.
    “Let's just finish the card counter at very least.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 0:51:52 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Paul Schrader: Schrader's first draft had Jesus taking his heart out and a literal Last Supper of eating flesh; his big contribution was outlining 300-400 scenes from the book.
    “Paul's 1st version, apparently, he has Jesus taking his heart out.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 0:46:13 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Paul Schrader: Schrader saw Twisters in 4DX and posted about it on Facebook; he walked out of another film and emailed Bilge after being told to see All We Imagine as Light.
    “He loved twisters.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 2:03:44 · Bilge Ebiri (0.50 sure it was them)