Talk:Paul Schrader
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Schrader's version of "The Exorcist" will be released as a world premiere at the Brussel's International Festival of Fantasy Film on Friday, March 18th, 2005. See [1]
[edit] Serious film student/buff/critic needed for article
I became interested in Schrader after watching the documentary Easy Riders, Raging Bulls which he contributed a lot of commentary, but am yet to see any of the films he scripted or directed. So while I feel he is a subject worthy of an article in Wikipedia, I haven't been able to flesh it out very well, and would love it if someone would do this. redcountess 15:13, Mar 25, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] German ancestry
Does anyone have a source that he's of significant German ancestry? I've removed the category until someone provides one. JackO'Lantern 05:15, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Calvinism
Although Schrader was raised as a Calvinist, he has said that he no longer holds those beliefs. Is it proper to categorise him as a Calvinist?PhilipC
- Is his renunciation of Calvinist principles verifiable? If it is, then I certainly think that that category should be removed. I wouldn't blame the man for not liking Calvinism if the article is correct in how it was presented to him as a child.--Eva db 06:27, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
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- Here's part of an interview at http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue422/interview.html
Q:You were raised in a very religious household, with strict Calvinist beliefs.
Schrader: I certainly was raised to believe in a very real devil, a real Satan, and a real hell. Though I don't believe in the physical reality of those things anymore. But I still believe in their power as metaphors. And I certainly understand why they came into being as metaphors and their ongoing function in human psychology and in human spirituality. ... If I used any kind of inspiration, it's all of the religious intellectuals I was raised with, professors. Because when I went to Calvin College, which is a Dutch Calvinist college. My minor was theology. It had to be, everyone's minor was theology. PhilipC 10:25, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
That sounds pretty clear-cut to me. I think that it would be silly to list him as a Calvinist when he admits to believing the principles of Calvinism to be only metaphors. Thankfully, they've changed Calvin College since Schrader's day. My minor was Economics.--Eva db 11:14, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
