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By Russell Banks
Leonard Fife, one of the sixty thousand draft dodgers and fugitives who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam, shares all his secrets on how to expose his story. This is Paul Schrader’s second time running a bank.
Based on his screen adaptation of the novel «Feeling» (1997)
Mentioned in Movie Junk Podcast: Episode 961: In a Violent Nature + TIFF 2024 (2024). With a cast as great as Richard Gere, Uma Thurman, and Michael Imperioli, you’d think you’d have the star power to make a better movie.
Well, you’d be wrong
Paul Schrader «Experimental» In a movie that looks like something a first-year film student would make, Schrader claims to have been friends with the war protester and director on whom the movie is based, but does he have the kind of friends who need enemies? Richard Gere?
In other words, he has become what Paul Schrader is today
His character becomes increasingly repulsive, gradually losing the ability to express himself verbally as he rages at everyone around him, mumbling as he descends into darkness. Do yourself a favor and skip this one, I can’t think of anything better if you can pause it and leave the room even while streaming.