This collection of Paul Auster screenplays brings together the film work of a writer whose novels have earned him the reputation as 'one of America's most spectacularly inventive writers.' (_Times Literary Supplement_) Auster has also brought this sense of restless invention to the art of screenwriting, producing _Smoke_, _Blue in the Face_, _Lulu on the Bridge_ and _The Inner Life of Martin Frost_. The prize-winning _Smoke_ 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. Set in contemporary Brooklyn, _Smoke_ directly inspired _Blue in the Face_, a largely improvised comedy shot in a total of six days._Lulu on the Bridge_ is both a thriller and a fairy tale: when jazz musician Izzy Maurer is accidentally hit by a bullet during a performance in a New York club, he is led on a journey into the strange and sometimes frightening labyrinth of his soul. _The Inner Life of Martin Frost_ follows the mysterious and unsettling experiences that befall writer Martin Frost when he borrows a friend's country house and sets out to write a story about elusive and impossible love. The volume also contains production notes, as well as interviews with Paul Auster about his work in film.