Blue Collar

Synopsis: After writing TAXI DRIVER for Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader made his directorial debut with this little-known drama about life on the factory floor of a Detroit car manufacturing plant. The film is one of the few portraits of working-class life in American cinema from a Marxist point of view, and according to Sight & Sound reviewer Philip Kemp, ‘one of the most politically acute American movies of its era’.
This limited Blu-ray edition comes packed with extras including:
-Paul Schrader BFI Masterclass (1982, 106 mins): the filmmaker presents a fascinating summary of the many issues and ideas he explores in his screenwriting class, recorded at the National Film Theatre, London
-'Visions’: Interview with Paul Schrader (1982): archival interview, presented in two versions - the broadcast cut with its original Tony Rayns introduction (21 mins), and the complete interview rushes with a newly recorded introduction by Tony Rayns (58 mins).
-Original theatrical trailer
-New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
Language: English
Country: United States
Year of production: 1978
Subjects: Social Studies; Film studies; American Studies
Keywords: factories; USA; working classes; Detroit

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