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WhenDying of the Lightwas released in 2014, its writer and director, Paul Schrader, thoughthis careerwas over.
But now I was dealing with financial people, says Schrader, 71.
That was a very, very bad experience.
Luckily, he was wrong.
Can God forgive us for what weve done to this world?
Exactly what we want meant a gonzo pulp thriller starring Cages Humphrey Bogart impression.
He acknowledges, though, that plentys changed since then.
Movies were born of capitalism: You pay for it, well make it for you.
There was no tradition of the courts and the church and all that.
Therefore, it had a special relationship to capitalism that really protected it.
Lately, hes found a new perspective on the question that bothered him just four years ago.
That same feeling I had aboutDying of the Light is this going to be the end?
Im having that feeling again.
Only now it feels good instead of bad.
First Reformedopens May 18.
