„The character has gotten older as I’ve gotten older. When he was in his twenties he was angry. When he was in his thirties he was narcissistic. And now he’s forty and he’s anxious. I think that the times have changed similarly. Part of what I’ve tried to do with this character is mix a personal evolution with a social one. I think we are in very anxious times and this character is appropriate.“ – Interview (Memento des Originals vom 22. Februar 2012 im Internet Archive) Info: Der Archivlink wurde automatisch eingesetzt und noch nicht geprüft. Bitte prüfe Original- und Archivlink gemäß Anleitung und entferne dann diesen Hinweis.@1@2Vorlage:Webachiv/IABot/www.filmmakermagazine.com mit Paul Schrader auf Filmmakermagazine.com, abgerufen am 2. November 2011.
ew.com
„[…] a small but absorbing mood piece […] even when the film doesn’t gel, one is held by Willem Dafoe’s grimly compelling performance.“ – Besprechung von Owen Gleiberman in Entertainment Weekly, 28. August 1992.
„The character has gotten older as I’ve gotten older. When he was in his twenties he was angry. When he was in his thirties he was narcissistic. And now he’s forty and he’s anxious. I think that the times have changed similarly. Part of what I’ve tried to do with this character is mix a personal evolution with a social one. I think we are in very anxious times and this character is appropriate.“ – Interview (Memento des Originals vom 22. Februar 2012 im Internet Archive) Info: Der Archivlink wurde automatisch eingesetzt und noch nicht geprüft. Bitte prüfe Original- und Archivlink gemäß Anleitung und entferne dann diesen Hinweis.@1@2Vorlage:Webachiv/IABot/www.filmmakermagazine.com mit Paul Schrader auf Filmmakermagazine.com, abgerufen am 2. November 2011.
„The character has gotten older as I’ve gotten older. When he was in his twenties he was angry. When he was in his thirties he was narcissistic. And now he’s forty and he’s anxious. I think that the times have changed similarly. Part of what I’ve tried to do with this character is mix a personal evolution with a social one. I think we are in very anxious times and this character is appropriate.“ – Interview (Memento des Originals vom 22. Februar 2012 im Internet Archive) Info: Der Archivlink wurde automatisch eingesetzt und noch nicht geprüft. Bitte prüfe Original- und Archivlink gemäß Anleitung und entferne dann diesen Hinweis.@1@2Vorlage:Webachiv/IABot/www.filmmakermagazine.com mit Paul Schrader auf Filmmakermagazine.com, abgerufen am 2. November 2011.
rogerebert.com
„Schrader knows this world of insomnia, craving and addiction. And he knows all about people living in a cocoon of themselves. […] In film after film, for year after year, Paul Schrader has been telling this story in one way or another, but never with more humanity than this time.“ – Besprechung von Roger Ebert in der Chicago Sun-Times, 4. September 1992.
thehollywoodinterview.blogspot.com
Interview mit Paul Schrader auf The Hollywood Interview, erstmals veröffentlicht in Venice Magazine, November 2005, abgerufen am 6. November 2011.
„The character has gotten older as I’ve gotten older. When he was in his twenties he was angry. When he was in his thirties he was narcissistic. And now he’s forty and he’s anxious. I think that the times have changed similarly. Part of what I’ve tried to do with this character is mix a personal evolution with a social one. I think we are in very anxious times and this character is appropriate.“ – Interview (Memento des Originals vom 22. Februar 2012 im Internet Archive) Info: Der Archivlink wurde automatisch eingesetzt und noch nicht geprüft. Bitte prüfe Original- und Archivlink gemäß Anleitung und entferne dann diesen Hinweis.@1@2Vorlage:Webachiv/IABot/www.filmmakermagazine.com mit Paul Schrader auf Filmmakermagazine.com, abgerufen am 2. November 2011.