- Title: Legendary filmmaker Paul Schrader honoured in Los Angeles
- Date: 2nd October 2016
- Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (RECENT) (REUTERS) ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** ACTOR NICOLAS CAGE POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS ON RED CARPET ACTRESS TORA KIM POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHER IN RED CARPET "DOG EAT DOG" FILM SIGNAGE NICHOLAS CAGE AND SON WESTON CAGE POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, NICOLAS CAGE, ON WORKING WITH PAUL SCHRADER, SAYING: "He comes from a school of if it isn't broken don't fix it, so many directors tend to micromanage performers and shut them down, Paul doesn't do that. He gives you confidence and he frees you so that you feel that you can do almost anything and you know I feel like I'm in safe hands with Paul Schrader." CLOSE UP OF PAUL SCHRADER WRITER/DIRECTOR PAUL SCHRADER BEING INTERVIEWED (SOUNDBITE) (English) WRITER AND DIRECTOR, PAUL SCHRADER, SAYING: "It's nice you know, I mean, it's also nice to be able to keep working and this is a film that it's unlike anything that I've ever done before. You know I have been involved in a number of prestigious and important films in my life, this is not one of them. This one is really just, just kind of outrageously nasty, you know and I had a really good time doing that." ACTOR NICOLAS CAGE POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS VIEW OF FANS OUTSIDE THE EGYPTIAN THEATRE (SOUNDBITE) (English) WRITER AND DIRECTOR, PAUL SCHRADER, ON 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF FILM "TAXI DRIVER," SAYING: "Yeah a film that won’t die, it has 40 years on. You know, what can you say? I mean, sometimes you get lucky." ACTOR JOHN PATRICK JORDAN POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, JOHN PATRICK JORDAN, SAYING: "Paul is great because he just lets you loose and this thing is just a fun taxi ride of a movie, so Paul just threw all the rules out the window and I just enjoyed the ride. This thing is a fun, fast paced ride." CAST OF "DOG EAT DOG" POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS
- Embargoed: 17th October 2016 06:30
- Keywords: Dog Eat Dog Paul Schrader Nicholas Cage Film
- Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES / UNIDENTIFIED FILM LOCATIONS
- City: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES / UNIDENTIFIED FILM LOCATIONS
- Country: USA
- Reuters ID: LVA00152B7Z2L
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: The American Cinematheque in Los Angeles honored the work of legendary screenwriter and director Paul Schrader on Friday (September 30) with a screening of his latest film, "Dog Eat Dog", starring Nicolas Cage and Willem Defoe.
Cage said working with Schrader, who wrote the movies "Taxi Driver" and "Raging Bull," had a different working method to other directors.
"He comes from a school of if it isn't broken don't fix it, so many directors tend to micromanage performers and shut them down, Paul doesn't do that. He gives you confidence and he frees you so that you feel that you can do almost anything and you know I feel like I'm in safe hands with Paul Schrader," said Cage.
Schrader said "Dog Eat Dog" was unlike anything he had directed before.
"It's also nice to be able to keep working and this is a film that it's unlike anything that I've ever done before. You know I have been involved in a number of prestigious and important films in my life, this is not one of them," joked Schrader.
"This one is really just, just kind of outrageously nasty, you know and I had a really good time doing that," he added.
"Dog Eat Dog" is a comedic crime thriller that marks the second collaboration between Schrader and Cage.
"Taxi Driver," which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, was screened after "Dog Eat Dog" on Friday.
Schrader said he got "lucky" with the "Taxi Driver."
"Yeah a film that won't die, it has 40 years on. You know, what can you say? I mean, sometimes you get lucky," he said.
"Dog Eat Dog" opens on November 4. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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