Is Lindsay Lohan Ashamed Of The Canyons? Paul Schrader Wants To Know

The Canyons director Paul Schrader is baffled why Lindsay Lohan — who is part owner of the film — isn’t helping promote it.

“I am mystified and disappointed by LL’s refusal to support The Canyons,” he wrote on Facebook.

He points out, “She is a producer of the film, a 25% owner. She has received wonderful reviews (among the negative) for her performance.”

The 67-year-old says at times he was her lone supporter. “I hired her when no one else would. She fought to keep the role when I wanted to fire her for unreliability. She has no other films in the can.”

He says the star has been wishy washy with him. “She repeatedly said she would come to Venice but never did,” he writes. “She said you would support the film but never did. She never showed for the photo sessions, including the session for the ad campaign art. Richard Brody of the New Yorker wanted too do a appreciative profile but somehow she didn’t have time to meet him. Film Comment gave her the cover but she would not give them an interview (I had to write a profile piece to save the cover), I shifted the film’s European premiere from Locarno to Venice so she could make her promised post-rehab appearance. But she did not show.”

The director thinks Lindsay’s actions are deliberate: “I can only surmise that Lindz had decided that Canyons is part of a reprobate past she must put behind her in order to move forward. She was never comfortable working with James Deen and perhaps this still sticks in her craw. I assume those closet to her, her family and reps, had advised her to treat Canyons as an indiscretion. But, for me, the reality is the opposite. In Canyons Lindsay has given a bold, raw, naked original performance which vaults her from the s category of ingenue to leading lady. Don’t get me wrong. I want LL to move forward, have a healthy life and, if possible, a career, but I disagree with her decision to (passively not aggressively) turn her back on Canyons. It’s an extraordinary piece of work and serves her well. Lindsay, your work is excellent. Own it! Paul Schrader”