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She mainly just shops and lays around, both inviting and resenting peoples attention.
She talks about the movie as a dying art form: Maybe its just not my thing anymore.
Now Im looking for something else to do.
Lohan disappeared for a few days entirely.
Schrader fired her and then, when she begged to be rehired, acquiesced.
There were on-set arguments.
In years since, Schrader, Ellis, and Deen have all embroiled themselves in scandals of varying severity.
(The gravest concerned Deen, who in late 2015 wasaccusedof abuse and sexual violence by nine women.
Deen was never charged, and in a particularly bleak twist,returned to pornin a film titledConsent.)
The Canyonsbecame an odd footnote in everyones careers.
Admittedly, there are elements of the film that are impenetrably puzzling.
Deens performance is excessively affected, too reliant on cocked eyebrows and half-smirks to communicate menace.
The final shot is a surprise; the third act leading up to it, not so much.
Her aura of lived-in disappointment givesThe Canyonsan advantageous cynicism about Hollywood and who survives there.
During the increasingly edgy scenarios Christian sets up with strangers, Schraders camera focuses on Lohans face.
It transforms in a split second from aroused to blase, participant to voyeur, subject to object.
Some aspects of my fucking lifeprivate; I need someone to take care of me.
And Ineededsomeone to take care of me.
The Canyonsis streaming on AMC+.
