Paul Schrader, the only American author and key figure in the new era of Hollywood, will return to the Venice Film Festival this year to receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. But that’s not to say the 76-year-old director has entered the happy phase of his creative life.
Schrader will also be in Venice to open his 22nd feature film as a director. master gardenerWith Joel Edgerton and Sigourney Weaver. The film premiered at one of Venice’s coveted competitive venues alongside new films from Olivia Wilde, Walter Hill and the late Kim Ki-duk, among others.
Not much is known about the new film, but its synopsis suggests that it loosely fits the pioneering genre that defined Schrader’s filmography, what he calls “man in a room” stories or intimate studies of underprivileged characters. masculine.
Edgerton stars as Narvel Roth, a meticulous gardener at Gracewood Gardens who is as dedicated to the maintenance of this beautiful, historic property as his employer, the wealthy landlady Mrs. Haverhill, played by Weaver. When Mrs. Haverhill demands that Roth take on his feisty and troubled niece Maya as a new apprentice, chaos enters his Spartan existence, uncovering dark secrets of a buried violent past that threatens them all.
Schrader began his Man in the Room story mode as a disaffected youth, channeling his alienation into the script that became Martin Scorsese’s screenplay. Taxi driver. The model repeated itself at many points in its career, including cult favorites such as The one who sleeps in the light (1992) and american gigolo (1980), also an acclaimed existential drama first remodeledStarring Ethan Hawke, which earned Schrader his first Oscar nomination as a screenwriter in 2017.
Schroeder has a long relationship with Venice: the city and the festival. In 1990, he used the city’s gloomy atmosphere and turbulent waterways as the backdrop for his sexual psychodrama. the solace of strangersWith Christopher Walken, Rupert Everett, Natasha Richardson and Helen Mirren. His latest release debuted in Venice last year. card counterStarring Oscar Isaac as a professional gamer with a dark and critically acclaimed past. And it was in Venice in 2021 where master gardener Announced for the first time in the industry.
In response to recent news of his upcoming honorary Golden Lion, Schroeder said, “I am very honored. Venice is the lion of my heart.
This year’s Venice Film Festival will run from August 31 to September 31. 10, starting with Noah Baumbach’s Netflix movie white noiseAn adaptation of the now classic postmodern novel by Don DeLillo.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
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