Oh Canada (DVD)

Oh, Canada is a reflective, moving masterpiece from
director Paul Schrader (Blue Collar, Hardcore), who
reunites with star Richard Gere for the first time since
American Gigolo (1980). Fiery but feeling his years
and his illness, ailing filmmaker Leonard Fife (Richard
Gere, Internal Affairs) wants to tell his life story,
unfiltered, before it’s too late. As the director of lauded
documentary exposés, he has much to be proud of, but
his avoidance of the Vietnam War draft and his past
relationships harbor thorny truths. Finally choosing to
reveal all about his life and career, Leonard sits for an
extended filmed interview with his former student
Malcolm (Michael Imperioli, The Sopranos), charging
ahead with candid stories about his younger self (Jacob
Elordi, Saltburn) in the fractious 1960s and beyond.
At Leonard’s insistence, his wife and indispensable
partner, Emma (Uma Thurman, Kill Bill), hears everything.
Leonard’s successes are held up against his failings—the
fibs held up against the facts—and as the man in full is
cleansed of the myth, Leonard must confront what is left. • Audio Commentary by Director Paul Schrader
• Behind-the-Scene Featurette
• Deleted Scene
• Theatrical Trailer