Bret Easton Ellis (American Psycho, Less Than Zero) is famous for digging up dirt and tossing it in his audience’s face. He may not be the most commercial or popular write, in fact he’s openly trounced by legions of authorial purists, but he definitely has a staunchly original voice. His name alone generates my interest in The Caynons, an indie film starring Lindsay Lohan and real life pornstar James Deen, that debuted at SXSW and Sundance earlier this year.

Described as “a violent, sexually-charged tour through the dark side of human nature,” The Canyons seems like classic Ellis territory. Even though it’s hard to look past the fact that Lohan is playing front and center, the floozy Hollywood-spoiled girl that she’s playing her does fit her perfectly and, who knows, it might even be a role that is seen as career-defining for her. Oh and it definitely looks like she’s gonna be stripping down for this one alongside James Deen, a pornstar known for onset masochism. I don’t know about you but I, for one, am titillated…and a little repulsed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5uTtNLUmCA

The Canyons is directed by Paul Schrader and written by Bret Easton Ellis. It stars Lindsay Lohan, James Deen, Nolan Gerard Funk, Gus Van Sant, Amanda Brooks and Tenille Houston and hits limited release on August 9.