{"product_id":"three-films-smoke-blue-in-the-face-and-lulu-on-the-bridge-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\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 375\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\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\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312423148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2004 pg. 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Auster's\u003c\/b\u003e eleventh novel \u003ci\u003eOracle Night\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Henry Holt in December 2003. His novel \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Illusions\u003c\/i\u003e was an international bestseller and is also available from Picador together with \u003ci\u003eTimbuktu, Hand to Mouth\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e I Thought My Father Was God\u003c\/i\u003e, the NPR National Story Project anthology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39955432112243,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":26.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_58499241-7ec7-4d18-b7e8-77deccd75d35.jpg?v=1648651811","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/three-films-smoke-blue-in-the-face-and-lulu-on-the-bridge-9780312423148","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}