One of the most talked about independent films of the year is now on DVD and Blu-ray, and we’ve got a CraveOnline Exclusive clip from the special features. The Canyons stars Lindsay Lohan and James Deen, he of porn star legend status, in a dark drama about sexual inhibition and the seedy underbelly of bourgeois Hollywood. Earlier in the year we interviewed James Deen, director Paul Schrader and screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis about the film that turned heads (one way or the other), and now they’re all here in a special feature about Deen’s first mainstream performance. Enjoy it.
CORRECTION: This article previously stated that The Canyons was only available on DVD. This was inaccurate. The Canyons is available in its UNRATED DIRECTOR’S CUT only Blu-ray. We apologize for the mix-up.
From the Press Release:
Arrogant young trust-fund baby Christian (adult-film star James Deen) is working on financing a horror film simply to keep his dad off his back. His girlfriend Tara (Lindsay Lohan, Mean Girls, Liz & Dick, Machete, Georgia Rule) is helping him with casting, and his producer, Gina (Amanda Brooks, Happy Hour) is trying to get her struggling actor boyfriend Ryan (Nolan Funk, Awkward) the lead role. Christian is also fond of inviting strangers into his home for threesomes or foursomes with the very willing Tara – and captures all the action on his smartphone.
But unbeknownst to Christian and Gina, Ryan and Tara were once a couple, and as soon as the two meet again at an audition, their romance is rekindled. When Christian discovers that Tara has been having an affair, he begins to play a series of cruelly escalating mind games with both Ryan and Tara, leading to an act of violence from which there can be no redemption.
Featuring fearless and unprecedented performances from its young cast and coolly beautiful cinematography that captures the tarnished edge of Tinseltown like no film since Mulholland Drive, THE CANYONS is a thought-provoking examination of privilege run amok.
