{"product_id":"9781429900065","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\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127871422704,"sku":"9781429900065","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429900065_p0.jpg?v=1763748410","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429900065","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}