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Affliction is a 1997 American neo-noir crime drama directed and written by Paul Schrader. Based on the 1989 novel of the same name by Russell Banks , the film stars Nick Nolte , Sissy Spacek , James Coburn , and Willem Dafoe .
Feb 19, 1999 · Affliction: Directed by Paul Schrader. With Nick Nolte, Brigid Tierney, Holmes Osborne, Jim True-Frost. A deeply troubled small-town cop investigates a suspicious hunting death while other events jeopardize his sanity.
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In a small New Hampshire town, washed-up cop Wade Whitehouse (Nick Nolte) has a troubled past, an abusive father (James Coburn), the contempt of his ex-wife (Mary Beth Hurt) and an...
Paul Schrader’s 1997 film “Affliction” is one of the director’s most structurally ambitious films, and a true acting showcase for its male leads. It is also, as its director once claimed in an interview, outside his usual wheelhouse, with its themes of inherited familial trauma.
Affliction is a 1997 American neo-noir crime drama directed and written by Paul Schrader. Based on the 1989 novel of the same name by Russell Banks, the film stars Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn, and Willem Dafoe.
Summaries. A deeply troubled small-town cop investigates a suspicious hunting death while other events jeopardize his sanity. Boston University professor Whitehouse tells of the events leading up to the disappearance of his older brother Wade.
Year: 1997. Original title: Affliction. Synopsis: Based on the novel by Russell Banks, AFFLICTION is a sobering, absorbing psychological study of the precarious relationship between an abusive father and his two sons.
Wade Whitehouse is the sheriff of Lawford, New Hampshire who has rarely risen to any challenge and has remained, despite his age, an overgrown teenager. He is a glorified crossing guard in this quiet, dreary town. On the first day of deer season, Wade's friend Jack takes a wealthy businessman...
Aug 29, 1997 · A piercing portrait of a middle-age, small-town man becoming unhinged, “Affliction” represents an unusually felicitous match-up of director and material.
