The director, Paul Schrader, is no stranger to stories about men trapped in sexual miscalculation he wrote " Taxi Driver" and wrote and directed " American Gigolo." He sees Crane as an empty vessel, filled first with fame and then with desire. The movie is a hypnotic portrait of this sad, compulsive life. "It's healthy," Crane argues in defense of his promiscuity, although we're not sure if he really thinks that, or really thinks anything. So strange was Crane's view of his behavior, so disconnected from reality, that I almost imagine he would have seen nothing wrong with his second son's sales of photos and videotapes of his father having sex. Crane is survived by four children, including sons from his first and second marriages who differ in an almost biblical way, the older appearing in this movie, the younger threatening a lawsuit against it, yet running a Web site retailing his father's sex life.
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