Lulu on the Bridge is a 1998 romantic mystery drama film directed by author Paul Auster. In it a saxophone player (Harvey Keitel) is shot and loses a lung, forcing him to abandon his musical career. He begins an obsessive romance with a young actress (Mira Sorvino), which somehow involves a blue stone with magical properties. The cast also includes Kevin Corrigan, Gina Gershon, Mandy Patinkin, Willem Dafoe and Vanessa Redgrave.

Izzy Maurer è un sassofonista jazz in crisi. Un giorno trova una borsa, accanto al cadavere di uno sconosciuto, che contiene un fazzoletto con su scritto un numero telefonico ed una scatola contenente una pietra misteriosa. Telefona al numero indicato e conosce una giovane attrice, Celia Burns. Sotto l'influenza magica della pietra, i due si innamorano. Quando Celia viene scelta per interpretare Lulu nel remake de IL VASO DI PANDORA, i due si separano per qualche tempo, pensano. Ma dei misteriosi personaggi sono alla ricerca della pietra e sequestrano Izzy, anche se questi ha lasciato l'oggetto alla ragazza. Così la storia d'amore prende un risvolto drammatico. Alla fine, i due non riusciranno più ad incontrarsi. Written by rosebud6

A jazz saxophonist (Harvey Keitel) loses his capability to play when he is injured in a shooting at a cafe where he was playing. He sinks into depression when everyone charges in to take care of him, including his ex-wife (Gina Gershon). However, he discovers a stone with a telephone number attached. Returning the stone, he meets a young aspiring actress (Mira Sorvino) who in one of those film coincidences is listening to his music. Soon the two begin an affair which is fouled by his over-obsessiveness with her which costs them both a job at a restaurant. Willem Dafoe also appears as an anthropologist who is out to get the stone. Written by John Sacksteder