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Article: The gigolo grows up: he made De Niro a taxi driver, Gere an American gigolo, and with his latest film, The Walker, writer-director Paul Schrader refashions Woody Harrelson as a gay D.C. socialite.(film)(Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver and Richard Gere in American Gigolo)
- Article from:
- The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
- Article date:
- December 18, 2007
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IMAGINE a MIDDLE-AGED MAN with this unlikely resume: In his 20s he was a taxi driver; in his 30s, a highpriced male prostitute; and in his 40s, an insomniac drug dealer. As the man enters his 50s, where would an employment agency hope to slot him?
Paul Schrader pondered that question several years ago. As the writer of Taxi Driver, American Gigolo, and Light Sleeper, Schrader has led that man--a lonely fringe character with unusual wares to ply--through a series of films he sees as thematically linked.
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"I was thinking of Julian Kaye from American Gigolo and I started wondering what would ...
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Article: Movie Review: AMERICAN GIGOLO
Cineman Syndicate;
January 1, 1984 ;
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...Cineman Syndicate Cineman Syndicate 01-01-1984 Movie Review: AMERICAN GIGOLO Paul Schrader's melodrama about a high class male prostitute is a film dressed up in fancy duds for a trip to the corner drugstore ...
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