Paul Auster
Also Known As: Paul Benjamin Auster
Biography: Paul Benjamin Auster was an American author known for works blending absurdism, existentialism, crime fiction and the search for identity and personal meaning in works such as The New York Trilogy (1987), Moon Palace (1989), The Music of Chance (1990), The Book of Illusions (2002) and The Brooklyn Follies (2005).
Department: Writing
Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, USA
Birthday: February 03, 1947
Deathday: April 30, 2024
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Gender: Male
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Doc
Overview: The amazing adventures of forgotten American novelist and Paris Review founder, Harold Louis "Doc" Humes. His story is crammed full of ideas, about utopia, marijuana, literature, protest, paranoia and mental illness.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-09
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Bonnie
Overview: A portrait of casting director Bonnie Timmermann.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-11-12
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Act of God
Overview: A Canadian documentary feature film that investigates the effects of being struck by lightning.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-08-02
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Amos Oz: The Nature of Dreams
Overview: The film chronicles 2 years in the life of Amos Oz as he meets readers in Israel and around the world, working to promote the Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
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Original Language: he
Release Date: 2009-04-30
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The Music of Chance
Overview: Two men face the consequences of gambling after playing with men beyond their league.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-06-23
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Charlotte Rampling: The Look
Overview: A biographical study of legendary actress Charlotte Rampling, told through her own conversations with artist friends and collaborators, including Peter Lindbergh, Paul Auster, and Juergen Teller. Intercut with footage from some of Rampling's most famous films, this "self-portrait through others" is a revealing look at one of our most iconic screen stars.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-05-16
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As Smart As They Are: The Author Project
Overview: A documentary film tracing the collaboration between One Ring Zero, the Brooklyn house-band for McSweeney's Publishing, and an ensemble cast of award-winning authors, each of whom contributed original lyrics. Author Myla Goldberg torments guest singer Syd Straw with tongue twisting, five star vocabulary words. Paul Auster riffs on the ills of Cincinatti and the Iraq war. The film's title, in fact, comes from the inspired dialogue of a talking cockroach.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-04-23
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Edge of Outside
Overview: An hour-long documentary designed to celebrate the spirit of the independent filmmaker from D.W. Griffith to Quentin Tarantino. Interview footage and film clips are blended together to form a chronological approach to the subject matter.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-11
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The Fall
Overview: "The Fall" depicts certain scenes in New York City between October 1967 and March 1968, shot by the independent filmmaker, Peter Whitehead. It is a very personal documentary, and Whitehead appears in a large number of scenes, and we hear his lengthy ruminations on the state of the United States and the war in Vietnam.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-01-15
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The Inner Life of Martin Frost
Overview: A writer awakens one day to find a strange but beautiful woman in bed with him. He quickly falls in love with her, thinking he has found his muse, but as time passes she becomes more and more unattainable.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-11
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Out of My Head
Overview: Explores the history and mystery of Migraine, and its remarkable place in the human condition. Migraine is a devastating but fascinating neurological condition with a compelling story to tell. Alice in Wonderland, Thomas Jefferson, Sigmund Freud, and Joan Didion all figure into its colorful history.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-12-13
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Paul Auster: What If
Overview: A look at the world of US writer Paul Auster, on the occasion of the publication of his new novel, an exploration of human identity and the soul of New York, the city that Auster has portrayed as no one else has ever done.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2019-02-12
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