
Oh, Canada
Directed by Paul Schrader
Produced by Arclight Films, Vested Interest
A reflective deathbed reckoning with a life of principled resistance and private moral failure, told through memory and confession.
Famed Canadian-American leftist documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife was one of sixty thousand draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam. Now in his late seventies, Fife is dying of cancer in Montreal and has agreed to a final interview in which he is determined to bare all his secrets at last, to demythologize his mythologized life.
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Is Oh, Canada sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.
Is Oh, Canada violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.
Does Oh, Canada end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.
Is Oh, Canada scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.
Is Oh, Canada easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
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