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Hardcore - The Novelization: Mass Market Paperback
RETRO EDITION - US Mass Market Paperback Sized. She was lovely, innocent, just fifteen - off on a church outing. And now she's gone!Her father must find her even if he travels into the pit of Hell itself - into the peep-shows, the massage parlors, into the depths of degradation where the pimps and porno-movie-makers create their sexual phantasmagoria. Afraid, terrified that he'll find her too late.
159 pages, Paperback
Published January 23, 2021
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About the author
Leonard Schrader
8 books4 followersHe and his brother, Taxi Driver (1976) screenwriter Paul Schrader, were born in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Their family, of the Dutch Calvinist religious sect, forbade them to see any movies in their youth. Paul was quoted as saying, "That was a church edict. What they called worldly amusements were prohibited."
It wasn't until he was in college in the 1960s that Schrader saw his first movie.
Living in Japan in the 1960s and 1970s, Schrader taught American literature to Japanese students.Paul Schrader also wrote numerous screenplays for Japanese films during this time.
His first film, The Yakuza (1974), was co-written with his brother Paul. in addition to The Yakuza Leonard Schrader's other well known work is Kiss of the Spider Woman: The Screenplay.
Their family, of the Dutch Calvinist religious sect, forbade them to see any movies in their youth. Paul was quoted as saying, "That was a church edict. What they called worldly amusements were prohibited."
It wasn't until he was in college in the 1960s that Schrader saw his first movie.
Living in Japan in the 1960s and 1970s, Schrader taught American literature to Japanese students.Paul Schrader also wrote numerous screenplays for Japanese films during this time.
His first film, The Yakuza (1974), was co-written with his brother Paul. in addition to The Yakuza Leonard Schrader's other well known work is Kiss of the Spider Woman: The Screenplay.
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July 24, 2022
Jake, a well to do business man, leads a life dominated by Calvinistic religion. His daughter Kristen suffers from their extended visits to church. Things change when Kristen is kidnapped while participating on a religious excursion. Everything leads into pornography. Jake sees his daughter in a blue movie. Will Jake or the private detective he hired find her in Hollywood Babylon. This is a fascinating tour de force through many strip joints and massage parlors. Tod, the kidnapper is a very mysterious guy and Ratan is the Angel of Death. Will Kristen survive? Classic stuff from 1979 I really enjoyed reading. Hard, mysterious, sordid. Really recommended!
November 10, 2024
I'm rounding DOWN from 2.5 stars. For full transparency, I gave the movie a 4 out of 5 star review on Letterboxd. This book is light, only coming in at about 135 pages. Don't worry, what it lacks in detail and the chance to expand on the story (excluding the last chapter that is a whopping 1 page), it makes up for in typos and questionable syntax!
If you've seen the movie, you really don't need to read this. It honestly feels like Leonard Schrader was just riding on the coat tails of his brother's amazing film. And shame on the original editors (if there were any!) and the crew at Encyclopocalypse Publications for such an unreadable, unedited (in the worst way possible) release!!
If you've seen the movie, you really don't need to read this. It honestly feels like Leonard Schrader was just riding on the coat tails of his brother's amazing film. And shame on the original editors (if there were any!) and the crew at Encyclopocalypse Publications for such an unreadable, unedited (in the worst way possible) release!!
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