by Russell Banks
Chronology
Leonard Fife, one of sixty thousand draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam, shares all his secrets to de-mythologize his mythologized life.
Referenced in Film Junk Podcast: Episode 961: In a Violent Nature + TIFF 2024 (2024)
This marks the second time Paul Schrader has directed one of Banks' novels for the screen, following his adaptation of Affliction (1997)..
Well, you would be wrong
With such a great cast of actors like Richard Gere, Uma Thurman, and Michael Imperioli, you would think you'd have of star power to create a better movie than this.
Paul Schrader goes "experimental" in a movie that looks like something a first year film student would makeRichard Gere' s character becomes increasingly more unlikable, and gradually loses the ability to express himself in words as he rages at everyone around him, mumbling as he descends into darkness
In other words he becomes just like Paul Schrader is today.Do yourself a favor and skip this one, even on streaming I can't imagine it would be any better if you're able to pause it and leave the room to do more important things than watch this sad excuse of a movie.
