The Canyons (film)
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| Directed by | Paul Schrader |
| Produced by | Braxton Pope |
| Written by | Bret Easton Ellis |
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| Cinematography | John DeFazio |
| Edited by | Tim Silano |
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| Distributed by | IFC Films |
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99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $250,000 |
| Box office | $265,670 |
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| Soundtrack album by Brendan Canning with Me&John | |
| Released | July 30, 2013 |
| Genre | Electronic, synthpop, rock |
| Length | 43:44 |
| Label | SQE Music |
| Producer | Brendan Canning with Me&John |
The Canyons is a 2013 American erotic thriller-drama film directed by Paul Schrader and written by Bret Easton Ellis. The film is set in Los Angeles and stars Lindsay Lohan, James Deen, Nolan Funk, Amanda Brooks, and Gus Van Sant. It received a limited release on August 2, 2013 at the IFC Center in New York City, the Bell Lightbox in Toronto, and on video on demand platforms.
Christian (James Deen) is a wealthy young man with ties to Los Angeles' independent film industry, financing low-budget horror films. At the start of the film, he is having dinner with his girlfriend Tara (Lindsay Lohan) and his personal assistant Gina (Amanda Brooks) and her boyfriend Ryan (Nolan Funk). Christian recently got Ryan work as a lead in a film he is financing, which he achieved by threatening to revoke his funding for the project if Ryan was not hired. Christian also reveals that he and Tara have an open relationship, as he discusses using dating apps to find partners for the two to hook up with for group sex. Ryan asks if Christian ever gets jealous, but Christian claims that he doesn't, as he then outs Tara as bisexual. He also says that he trusts Tara never to fall in love with anyone he brings into their bed for casual sex. Ryan considers Christian and Tara's casual notions towards sex scandalous but refuses to condemn the two.
When Christian and Tara arrive home, to prepare for the arrival of their latest dating app selected romantic partner, Christian derides Ryan as a loser and says that Gina could do much better. Tara is unhappy that Christian outed her as a bisexual, which leads her to demand Christian tell her about what he tells his shrink as quid pro quo. Christian refuses and the argument ends abruptly when the man from the dating app arrives. Christian orders him to get naked, recording the stripping on his phone and then places it on the couch to record the young man masturbating, while he watches Christian perform oral sex on Tara. Meanwhile, at their apartment, Ryan accuses Gina of wanting to have a four-way with Tara and Christian while sending a text on his phone to an unknown party for a meeting the next day. Gina denies wanting to have sex with Tara or her boss, and points out that Tara did not even talk to her at work until she found out about the movie project her friend was working on, which led to the two becoming friends and getting Christian to finance the film.
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