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Paul Schrader’s THE CANYONS Trailer Starring Lindsay Lohan Is Here
The trailer has arrived for IFC’s provocative THE CANYONS, starring Lindsay Lohan and James Deen. The film is directed by Paul Schrader (writer of Taxi Driver and writer/director of American Gigolo) and written by Bret Easton Ellis (author of American Psycho and Less Than Zero).
James Deen and Lindsay Lohan star as Christian and Tara – a young LA trust-fund kid with casual ties to moviemaking and his girlfriend, a once aspiring actress/model-turned-plaything. When Christian learns of a secret affair between Tara and the lead of his film (Nolan Gerard Funk), he spirals out of control and his cruel mind games escalate into an act of bloody violence.
In a fascinating article Schrader wrote for Film Comment, the director compared Lohan to another troubled actress – Marilyn Monroe.
Tardiness, unpredictability, tantrums, absences, neediness, psychodrama—yes, all that, but something more, that thing that keeps you watching someone on screen, that thing you can’t take your eyes off of, that magic, that mystery. That thing that made John Huston say, I wonder why I put myself through all this, then I go to dailies.
But he also found two striking differences:
Marilyn had two things going for her that Lindsay doesn’t. She was the product of a culture that mandated public responsibility.
To receive the system’s rewards—fame, money—you playacted by the system’s rules. And Monroe did.
Second, Monroe was a product of the studio system. The studios used their influence in the media and the courts to protect their stars. Damage was controlled and discipline en-forced. It’s inconceivable that Monroe would have faced the legal troubles that have beset Lohan over the last five years.
An official selection of the Venice Film Festival, THE CANYONS will be available to watch in select theaters, on cable VOD and digital outlets beginning August 2nd.
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