The Canyons Page #5

Synopsis: When Christian, an LA trust-fund kid with casual ties to Hollywood, learns of a secret affair between Tara and the lead of his film project, Ryan, he spirals out of control, and his cruel mind games escalate into an act of bloody violence.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Paul Schrader
Production: IFC Films
  5 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
3.8
Metacritic:
36
Rotten Tomatoes:
22%
R
Year:
2013
99 min
$31,317
Website
623 Views


Secondly, it's "rohypnol."

- Third of all-

- You know what I meant.

I don't believe you.

Really.

You don't.

So what are you saying, cynthia?

What are you saying?

You saying that you didn't

let yourself get gang banged,

- That you had no control-

- He filmed the entire thing,

And then he threatened

to put it up on different sites

If I said anything

to anybody.

Obviously you weren't in control

of christian. I am.

I'm telling you this because

I think he's gonna hurt you

In the same way.

No, you're telling me this

because you're jealous

And a little drunk.

God, it's such

a girl-thing to do.

Look, christian's

not gonna hurt me.

If anything, I'm the one

that's gonna hurt him.

She's on her way back.

We got 20 minutes.

We are now hacking into

ryan's facebook page

Because you have to be friends

with him to look at it.

Bla bla bla.

And privacy block is on,

photos locked.

Is she friends with him?

No.

Are you sure?

Dude, I've been your tech guy

for like three years.

What is up with the paranoia?

I've never seen you like this.

Stop.

Christian, uh, you wanted me

to check the phone?

Think I found those deleted

texts you wanted me to see.

Um, not a lot of them,

but, uh,

I don't know what this means,

but it was sent to...

It was sent to ryan's phone.

How quickly can you hack

into his bank account?

Who was that?

Who?

The guy that just

walked out of the house.

Who in the f*** do you think

I'm talking about?

Oh, he brought me some weed.

You're such a liar.

How does that make me a liar?

It's not just that.

How was amber?

I wouldn't know.

I didn't see amber.

- You didn't?

- Nope.

Where'd you go?

Who's cynthia?

I don't know

who you're talking about.

Stop f***ing lying, christian.

I know lots of cynthias.

What I meant was

I don't know which cynthia

you're referring to.

Fine. Okay.

Someone texted me because they

wanted to talk to me about you.

Turns out that it's some girl

you dated on the east side,

And not only did you

put her in the hospital,

But you invited

a bunch of f***ing guys over

And then pulled a f***ing train

on her, christian.

- I know the whole thing.

- Wait, wait, wait, wait.

- That didn't f***ing happen!

- Christian, what the f***?

- Oh, right, I'm sure.

- No, look.

I dated a girl named cynthia

before you...

Now you remember.

But none of that other sh*t

happened.

All right?

You're such a f***ing liar.

I swear to god!

If it happened,

I would tell you.

It didn't f***ing happen.

I don't know why

she would say that.

- I have no f***ing clue.

- Me either!

I don't know why

she would say that either.

She's f***ing on drugs,

and she's obsessed with me.

I don't know what the f*** is

wrong with-I-I don't know.

What kind of drugs

was she on? Roofies?

I have no idea. She's crazy.

I don't f***ing know.

She probably is jealous that

I'm with you instead of her.

- But it did not happen.

- She's on drugs.

Yes.

If it happened,

I would tell you.

I swear to god.

- But it did not.

- Oh. Thanks.

It didn't though.

I swear.

Okay.

Who's that?

Nobody. It's... Whoever.

Nobody.

Christian, who is that?

It's just somebody

I invited over,

But we can do it

another night.

It's fine.

We can cancel.

No. Tell 'em to come over.

Are you sure?

I mean, they're close, but...

No. Don't cancel.

Where you going?

Tell 'em to meet me upstairs.

Yeah?

- They wanna use the pool first.

- Great. Whatever.

They're here.

Let 'em in.

It's a little less than that.

It's always nice to cool off.

Ooh, it's cold out there.

It's warmer upstairs.

Let's go upstairs.

This is tara.

Come on in.

Come here.

Hello.

Let me see my girls together,

come on.

Yeah, that's right.

That's what I wanna see.

I wanna see

the two of you together.

Just lie down.

Kiss him.

F***ing kiss him.

- F***ing kiss him.

- Come on, baby.

Now this is what

I wanna to see.

Kiss him.

Kiss him more.

Go down on him.

No, no, no.

Not you. Him.

Go, jerry.

You listen to me, okay?

Thank you.

- Strange how things work out.

- How do you mean?

Well, I remember liking you,

and then you ended up with tara.

Then I remember

liking christian,

And he ended up with tara.

I don't know

if I'm gonna find a guy,

Maybe I just need

to get out of la.

Yeah, it's a pretty

f***ed-up town, isn't it?

Sure you don't wanna stay,

maybe grab some lunch?

I just wanted to come by

and hear what happened

And to thank you in person.

It sounded like a weird request,

but I appreciate it.

You took it a lot further

than I thought. Thanks.

First acting gig

I've had in years.

You really love tara?

Yeah. I mean,

I'm with someone, but yeah.

I'm sorry.

Ryan, I let that go

a long time ago.

You realize that you have to let

it go, too, at a certain point?

I know.

- Hey, hey, hey!

- Why are you following me?

What the f*** are you doing?

What do you want, huh?

I don't know you!

I know who sent you!

Come on, admit it!

F***ing christian!

You want my picture, huh?

You want my picture?

Where's your phone?

Give it!

Nobody wants

your picture, okay?

I know, okay?

Tell christian I know

what the f*** he's doing.

Tell that piece of sh*t

I know!

What the f***?

This can't be my phone.

F***.

What are you doing?

I was just looking

for my phone.

Did you find it?

Christian, why is my phone

in your drawer?

- Yeah, christian-

- Did you find it?

- Christian, why was my phone-

- I know about you and ryan!

You f***ing lying b*tch!

Are you gonna f***ing

admit it? Are you?

- Oh, sh*t!

- Are you gonna admit it

After I beat

the f***ing sh*t out of you?

You f***ing lied to me!

I trusted you,

and you lied to me!

- Christian...

- You lied!

Please! I really don't know

what you're talking about!

Jesus!

Oh, my god, I can't believe

how late I slept.

How was your run?

Babe, why are you drinking

tequila at noon?

Ryan.

I'm glad your boss

is seeing a shrink.

I've been looking

at christian's schedule.

Dr. Campbell, 3:
00.

How do you know that

dr. Campbell's a shrink?

Stop it.

I googled him.

What are you doing,

protecting this psycho?

Why do you even care?

Because he's a sick f***.

Ryan, I told you, you don't

have to like him. Wha-

The movie's

not gonna happen, gina.

I really don't know what

you're talking about right now.

- The movie's not-

- The movie's happening.

The movie's not gonna happen.

Ryan, what did-

okay, stop. What did jon-

It's not jon.

It's not gerald.

It's not you. It's him.

It's christian.

He's not gonna

let the movie happen.

- You need to calm down.

- He's gonna pull out.

- He's gonna f***in' pull out.

- What are you talking about?

I don't understand.

What? I don't understand!

It's not gonna happen because

I've been f***ing his girlfriend

For the last month.

It's not gonna happen because...

I'm in love with her.

That's why tara stopped

working on the movie.

I never told you this, but

we lived together for a year.

Me and tara.

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Bret Easton Ellis

Bret Easton Ellis (born March 7, 1964) is an American author, screenwriter, and short story writer. His works have been translated into 27 languages. He was at first regarded as one of the so-called literary Brat Pack, which also included Tama Janowitz and Jay McInerney. He is a self-proclaimed satirist whose trademark technique, as a writer, is the expression of extreme acts and opinions in an affectless style. Ellis employs a technique of linking novels with common, recurring characters. Ellis made his debut at age 21 with the controversial bestseller Less Than Zero (1985), published by Simon & Schuster, a zeitgeist novel about wealthy amoral young people in Los Angeles. His third novel, American Psycho (1991) was his most successful. On its release, the literary establishment widely condemned the novel as overly violent and misogynistic. Though many petitions to ban the book saw Ellis dropped by Simon & Schuster, the resounding controversy convinced Alfred A. Knopf to release it as a paperback later that year. In later years, Ellis' novels have become increasingly metafictional. Lunar Park (2005), a pseudo-memoir and ghost story, received positive reviews. Imperial Bedrooms (2010), marketed as a sequel to Less Than Zero, continues in this vein. Four of Ellis's works have been made into films. Less Than Zero was rapidly adapted for screen, leading to the release of a starkly different film of the same name in 1987. Mary Harron's adaptation of American Psycho was released to generally positive reviews in 2000 and went on to achieve cult status. Roger Avary's 2002 adaptation The Rules of Attraction made modest box office returns but went on to attract a cult following. 2008's The Informers, based on Ellis's collection of short stories, was critically panned. Ellis also wrote the screenplay for the critically derided 2013 film The Canyons, an original work. more…

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