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Paul Schrader Goes to Bollywood

He says it's because Hollywood "barren." You could read that two ways -- that it's intellectually barren (has he seen most of what Bollywood makes?) or that it's financially barren for him (because he's pissed off the wrong people). In any case, I'm glad whenever the guy who wrote Taxi Driver can still be making movies:

In India, on the other hand, he says there are ways to gain both creative freedom and audiences.

"City" is a cross-cultural tale that will center on an American man who travels to India to help resolve a kidnapping case for his father-in-law, only to get caught up in a gangster plot.

There likely will be some musical numbers, and dialogue will be spoken in English and Hindi. Schrader is working on the script.

--Hollywood Reporter: Paul Shrader: Bollywood, here I come

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