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Conversations with Gus Van Sant (Paperback)
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One of the most talented and imaginative artists of independent
cinema, Gus Van Sant established himself with a number of important
movies of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Beginning with Mala
Noche, the 1986 gay classic of personal film expression, followed
by two key works of the American indie movement, Drugstore Cowboy
and My Own Private Idaho, Van Sant films often feature characters
on the borders of mainstream society. Subsequent films included
hits, misses, and a notorious remake of Psycho. Regardless of the
critical or commercial response to his work, Van Sant has
maintained a vision that is unique among contemporary filmmakers.
Conversations with Gus Van Sant is the first critical study to
include both extensive original interviews with the director as
well as discussions of his entire body of work. The exchanges
between film scholar Mario Falsetto and the indie filmmaker cover
fifteen films directed by Van Sant over a period of thirty years.
Throughout these discussions, Van Sant talks candidly about each
film's production history, visual style, editing patterns, and
creative soundwork. The director also expounds on his work with
actors, the relationship of independent filmmakers to the wider
film industry, and many other subjects related to his filmmaking
process. The conversations examine the rich thematic explorations
of Van Sant's films, which often revolve around the search for love
and community on the margins of society and feature a fascination
with death. From experimental films such as Gerry, Last Days,
Elephant, and Paranoid Park-where Van Sant rebooted his
understanding of cinema and his relationship to the Hollywood film
industry-to Milk and Promised Land, this book explores the rich
network of meanings in the director's work. By melding the author's
critical perspective with the filmmaker's own ideas, Conversations
with Gus Van Sant creates a wider perspective on one of the most
iconoclastic and imaginative directors of the last thirty years.
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