Talk:Paul Schrader

Untitled
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 Awesome. I'll get in my Time Machine and travel to the past. Gingermint (talk) 10:39, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Eames
So what was his involvement with the designers and film-makers, Charles and Ray Eames? Gingermint (talk) 10:39, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

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)

German ancestry
Does anyone have a source that he's of significant German ancestry? I've removed the category until someone provides one. JackO&#39;Lantern 05:15, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Given his surname, he is clearly either of German or German-Jewish ancestry. And since he is a Calvinist, he has to have German ancestry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.153.221.249 (talk) 12:48, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

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.-- E va   d  b  06:27, 8 May 2006 (UTC)


 * 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.-- E va   d  b  11:14, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

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