When movie theatres reopened, Schrader was in vogue. Schrader had gone through years when his movies were panned or ignored, but that film attracted a passionate audience, who responded not only to its moral seriousness and its anxiety over climate change-the pastor counsels a would-be environmental terrorist-but to its depiction of Schrader’s central theme, loneliness. In “First Reformed,” from 2017, Ethan Hawke played him as a tormented pastor. Over the years, the character has been a cabbie, a sex worker, a drug dealer, a card sharp. Many of these movies feature an archetype Schrader calls “God’s lonely man,” or “the man in the room.” Solitary, obsessive, in turmoil, this man writes in a journal and waits, trying not to boil over. He is perhaps best known for his screenplays for Martin Scorsese-“Taxi Driver” and “Raging Bull” among them-but he has made more than twenty films of his own, including “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters,” “Light Sleeper,” and “Affliction.” His greatest commercial success, “American Gigolo,” from 1980, with a young Richard Gere in Armani, helped set the tone and the look of the decade that followed. Schrader makes the sort of serious, character-driven films that always seem to be going out of fashion. He was sent home later that day, a Friday. The staff got me on oxygen and I realized what had happened. Gradually it became apparent that I was in a waking dream state and the staff calmed me down and got me back into bed. “He’s gonna die!” I screamed for help-finally hospital workers came into my room. I could not get anyone at the hospital to help me or take me seriously. I was directing a sequence about an emergency room rescue. We absolutely recommend this one for dreamers of all ages.Woke up in hospital room 3am this morn in a TOTAL panic. The length is just right for a one-year old, and JJ positively loved listening the the text and staring at the drawings. The central theme of a lonely orphan finding something, and someone, magical and beautiful to believe in is one that touches the heart, and the intricate illustrations are stunning. This was a beautiful book, in both story and art. At last, he finds his answer and even makes a new friend. Everyone wonders who is responsible for them, especially William, who stares transfixed at the owl outside his window day and night.
Each night thereafter, a new topiary animal appears, each more amazing than the last. William and the rest of his town wake up one morning to find that the tree outside the orphanage has been transformed into a beautiful owl. Summer Reading Day 85: Hello everyone, and hope you’re having a good start to your week! Our book today is The Night Gardener by The Fan Brothers (a.k.a Eric and Terry Fan), an enchanting tale of a town where a young orphan boy lives, and the mysterious and phenomenal topiaries that appear there overnight.
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