39/16
Based on the novel 'Foregone' ; by Russell Banks
Tale
Leonard Fife, one of the sixty thousand draft dodgers and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam, shares all his secrets to de-mythologize his mythologised life. This is the second time Paul Schrader has directed one of Banks' of the novel for the screen, following its adaptation of Verijäljet (1997)..
Well, you’d be wrong
Featured in the podcast Movie Junk: Episode 961: In a Violent Nature + TIFF 2024 (2024). With such a great cast of actors like Richard Gere, Uma Thurman, and Michael Imperioli, you’d think you’d have the star power to make a better movie than this.
Paul Schrader becomes "experimental" in a film that looks like something a first-year film student would make
Schrader claims to have been friends with the war protester/director whose life story the film is based on, but with friends like these, who needs enemies? Richard Gere’s character becomes increasingly unlikable and gradually loses the ability to express himself verbally as he rages at everyone.
around him, muttering as he descends into the darkness
In other words, he becomes just like Paul Schrader is today. Do yourself a favor and skip this, even on streaming, I can’t imagine it would be better if you could pause it and leave the room to do more important things than watch this sad excuse of a movie.
