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‘Oh, Canada’ Review: Paul Schrader Separates the Art From the Artist in Prismatic Portrait of a Dying Director
In 'Oh, Canada,' Paul Schrader reunites with Richard Gere ('American Gigolo'), capturing the soul of Russell Banks' career-reassessing book 'Foregone.'
Fighting a long, painful bout with cancer (“not the good kind,” apparently, as if such a thing exists), documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife has scores of admirers and a shelf full of awards. As the movie opens, two former students, Malcolm (Michael Imperioli) and Diana (Victoria Hill), arrive at their mentor’s Montreal home and proceed to set up a unique camera rig. This is ultimately Banks’ story, though one can feel Schrader weaving his own ideas into Leonard’s worldview, as America’s most eschatological living director shares insights into this cultural moment, when countless artists have been called out for bad behavior.
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