Tagged: Gus Van Sant

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Cop A Look: My Own Private Idaho

Gus Van Sant’s My Own Private Idaho, like Rimbaud and 40 oz bottles of beer, hits you hardest when you’re young. The film’s star, River Phoenix, died when I was 7, but by the time … read more »

POSTED November 17, 2011 1:00PM IN STYLE NEWS TAGS: , , , , , , , , ,
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Gus Van Sant & James Franco’s “Unfinished” At Gagosian Gallery L.A.

Nearly 20 years after Gus Van Sant released My Own Private Idaho, the director revisits the film in a joint exhibition with James Franco, entitled “Unfinished,” on view at the Gagosian Gallery in L.A. now … read more »

POSTED March 2, 2011 3:00PM IN ART+CULTURE NEWS Comments (2) TAGS: , , , , , ,

Paranoid Park

In Paranoid Park, Gus Van Sant’s characters wander aimless and blank-faced—haunting Portland’s Northwest locales in a state of dazed apathy. Just like the moment when you burst from underwater and out into the air, Paranoid … read more »

POSTED March 25, 2008 11:02AM IN ART+CULTURE NEWS TAGS: