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"Do You like movies?" Watch The Canyons New Tailer

"Do You like movies?" Lindsay Lohan asks in the new trailer for The Canyons it's a logical questions but what we have is an Rhetoric mess that will be a cult hit years to come.

The Canyons is an erotic noir from Paul Schrader (writer of Taxi Driver,director of  American Gigolo) set in modern day Los Angeles a group of twenty somethings film actor wannabes attempting to break into the industry find themselves involved in various sex games and ove triangles.

Its been a troublesome film for director Schrader, from finance and with many mainstream press writing off the film you just have to look at the what film festivals have been picking the film up  like Venice it must have some quality. Taking the film seriously though with Lindsay Lohan as female lead and her porn star boyfriend James Deen  male lead is like asking Adam Sandler to star in a serious Oscar wining film which will never happen (but we do know he can act...Punch Drunk Love?!). On a serious note I despite the films negativity I do see some optimism in the shape of Brett Easton Ellis who the cult novel come movie American Psycho wrote the Canyons so there is a glimmer of hope maybe the film will have some dark twisted moments. Sadly I have the sneeky feeling that this may end up been  a The Room type film.

No word on a UK or Irish release but The Canyons is to get a very limited USA cinematic  release on 2nd August.



Source: The People's Movies