Paul Schrader Negs Showtime’s American Gigolo, Says He’s Fought Off Taxi Driver Remakes

Writer-director Paul Schrader maintains a wonderfully frank social media presence, so much so that studios often ask him to cool it when new projects are in theaters. Since it will be a while until his next one, Master Gardener starring Sigourney Weaver and Joel Edgerton, is out, the director of First Reformed and The Card Counter is currently in one of his speak-your-mind periods on Facebook. Saturday’s update concerned the upcoming Showtime adaptation of American Gigolo, based on Schrader’s 1980 sensation starring Richard Gere and Lauren Hutton, and whether he’s watched the trailer. “The answser [sic] is No,” he wrote,… Read Full Article