Jarrod and Jordan begin their watch of Paul Schrader's written and directed works with 1974's The Yakuza, Schrader's first writing credit. They discuss the conflicting visions of director (Sydney Pollack) and writer that form the final version of a movie about two men's path to understanding through the world of Japanese organized crime.

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Before discussing Paul Schrader's films, Jarrod and Jordan discuss Robert Bresson's 1959 film Pickpocket, which is perhaps the greatest cinematic representation of the transcendental style and Paul Schrader's ~whole deal~, aesthetically speaking.

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In the first episode of Intrinsically Profane, Jarrod Nelson and Jordan Petersen Kamp discuss Paul Schrader's 1972 book, Transcendental Style in Film, in which Schrader develops his guiding aesthetic theory using the works of three directors: Yasujiro Ozu, Robert Bresson, and Carl Dreyer. Other topics include Schrader's upbringing in the Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan and education at Calvin College, a background that is shared by Jordan.