Four decades ago in “American Gigolo,” Paul Schrader filmed Gere as the ideal, most virile man. In “Oh, Canada,” the actor is aging and decrepit—and as captivating as ever.
The last time the director Paul Schrader filmed Richard Gere’s body, it was a picture of male virility. As Julian in 1980’s, Gere is an example of the ideal male form, either in his Armani suits or undressed. He’s a man who works, and the image of the star is much different. Playing a man on the verge of death, Gere looks terrible, his face drained and full of stubble. We hear about how his body is failing him, about the cancer eating away at his insides, and the dried feces in his ass.
If this sounds confusing and perhaps muddled—it is, sometimes intentionally so. The story Leonard is telling is not linear. It’s the work of a mind addled by time and his medications. Emma pleads that what he is saying—about his multiple prior marriages and dalliances with women—is not true, and it’s hard to know what to believe. Is this his imagination? Or his last word?
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