1905 film news A few days ago, Paul Schrader's new film "The Counting Man" has exposed a new poster. On the poster, the face of the protagonist Oscar Isaac occupies most of the space, and it looks extremely sharp under the cold lighting. In addition, the suits of playing cards were also projected onto his face.
Judging from the style of the poster, "The Counting Man" has a cold and ironic meaning, and the film may be full of Paul Schrader's personal situation. Tyre, played by Isaac, only wanted to play cards, but he met Crick in the casino, a young man eager for revenge, and his target of revenge was the instructor in the military academy. In desperation, Thiel took Crick and shuttled through the casinos together. In this process, Tyre gradually fell into the dark life of his past. Judging from the plot of the film, this is very much like a summary of the script written by Schrader before. Prior to this, Schrader had written the scripts of films such as "Taxi Driver", "American Dancer", "Psychedelic Life", and "The Walker".
Many of his stories can be called a "man in the room". The protagonist goes from anger to narcissism to anxiety, and finally becomes a person living under a mask. Paul Schrader is a Hollywood scholar-type filmmaker. In addition to writing scripts and directors, he also does aesthetic research. His "Transcendentalist Style in Movies" is a classic. Schrader's work is often to create a self-destructive protagonist, or to accept a task that goes against his own principles. The end of the movie is the salvation of the protagonist, often with a painful sacrifice and cathartic violence. According to the plan, the film will be released in North America on September 10.
