Three Films: Smoke, Blue in the Face, and Lulu on the Bridge
Dec 2003 · Picador
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Three iconic screenplays from the mind of "one of American's most spectacularly inventive writers," Paul Auster.
From The New York Trilogy to The Book of Illusions and 4 3 2 1, Paul Auster's novels have earned him a reputation as a literary innovator. Now, published together for the first time, are the screenplays of the three films he made in the 1990s.
Smoke (starring Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Forest Whitaker, and Stockard Channing) tells the story of a novelist, a cigar store manager, and a black teenager whose unexpected paths cross, changing each other's lives indelibly.
Set in contemporary Brooklyn, Smoke directly inspired Blue in the Face, a largely improvised comedy shot in just six days. It stars Harvey Keitel, with featured performances by Roseanne, Lily Tomlin, Lou Reed, and Michael J. Fox.
Lulu on the Bridge, Auster's solo directorial debut, again stars Harvey Keitel alongside Mira Sorvino, Willem Dafoe, and Vanessa Redgrave. Opening with the accidental shooting of jazz musician Izzy Maurer, it leads him on a journey into the labyrinth of his soul - a thriller and fairy tale about love's redemptive powers.
From The New York Trilogy to The Book of Illusions and 4 3 2 1, Paul Auster's novels have earned him a reputation as a literary innovator. Now, published together for the first time, are the screenplays of the three films he made in the 1990s.
Smoke (starring Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Forest Whitaker, and Stockard Channing) tells the story of a novelist, a cigar store manager, and a black teenager whose unexpected paths cross, changing each other's lives indelibly.
Set in contemporary Brooklyn, Smoke directly inspired Blue in the Face, a largely improvised comedy shot in just six days. It stars Harvey Keitel, with featured performances by Roseanne, Lily Tomlin, Lou Reed, and Michael J. Fox.
Lulu on the Bridge, Auster's solo directorial debut, again stars Harvey Keitel alongside Mira Sorvino, Willem Dafoe, and Vanessa Redgrave. Opening with the accidental shooting of jazz musician Izzy Maurer, it leads him on a journey into the labyrinth of his soul - a thriller and fairy tale about love's redemptive powers.
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About the author
Paul Auster was the bestselling author of 4 3 2 1, Bloodbath Nation, Baumgartner, The Book of Illusions, and The New York Trilogy, among many other works. In 2006 he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature. Among his other honors are the Prix Médicis Étranger for Leviathan, the Independent Spirit Award for the screenplay of Smoke, and the Premio Napoli for Sunset Park. In 2012, he was the first recipient of the NYC Literary Honors in the category of fiction. He was also a finalist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (The Book of Illusions), the PEN/Faulkner Award (The Music of Chance), the Edgar Award (City of Glass), and the Man Booker Prize (4 3 2 1). Auster was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. His work has been translated into more than forty languages. He died at age seventy-seven in 2024.
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