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Film Director and Screenwriter Paul Schrader

Schrader's screenwriting credits include "Taxi Driver" and "The Last Temptation of Christ"; he directed "Light of Day," "American Gigolo," "Patty Hearst," and "The Comfort of Strangers." In this 1988 interview, he talks about working with Martin Scorsese on "Taxi Driver." (Rebroadcast).

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, November 18, 1994: Interview with Elia Kazan; Interview with Paul Schrader; Review of the film "Star Trek Generations."
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Theater and Film Director Elia Kazan

Kazan directed Marlon Brando in "On the Waterfront" and James Dean in "East of Eden." He was a member of the Group Theater and co-founded the Actors Studio with Lee Strasberg. Terry interviewed him when his autobiography was published in 1988. (Rebroadcast)

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