{"product_id":"three-films-paul-auster-9780312423148","title":"Three Films: Smoke, Blue in the Face, and Lulu on the Bridge","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eThe New York Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e to\u003ci\u003e The Book of Illusions\u003c\/i\u003e, Paul Auster's novels have earned him a reputation as one of American's most spectacularly inventive writers. Here, published together for the first time, are the screenplays of the three films he made in the 1990s. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmoke \u003c\/i\u003e(starring Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Forest Whitaker, and Stockard Channing) tells the story of a novelist, a cigar store manager, and a black teenager who unexpectedly cross paths and end up changing each other's lives in indelible ways. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in contemporary Brooklyn, \u003ci\u003eSmoke \u003c\/i\u003edirectly inspired \u003ci\u003eBlue in the Face\u003c\/i\u003e, a largely improvised comedy shot in a total of six days. A film unlike any other it stars Harvey Keitel, with featured performances by Roseanne, Lily Tomlin, Lou Reed, and Michael J. Fox. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLulu on the Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e (Auster's solo directorial debut, again starring Harvey Keitel, with Mira Sorvino, Willem Dafoe, and Vanessa Redgrave) opens with the accidental shooting of jazz musician Izzy Maurer during a performance in a New York club. Izzy is then led on a journey into the strange and sometimes frightening labyrinth of his soul. Both thriller and fairy tale, Lulu on the Bridge is above all a story about the redemptive powers of love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Auster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312423144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312423148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 375\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.58h x 5.53w x 0.93d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2004 pg. 81","brand":"Paul Auster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913662005503,"sku":"9780312423148","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_a4cbe4fb-e332-4041-bac3-eacf29e741c2.jpg?v=1680621607","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/three-films-paul-auster-9780312423148","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}