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Gus Van Sant Postcards

October 12th 2008 08:04
Listen to Uncle Gus kids!

Gus Vant Sant (director of Good Will Hunting, To Die For, Finding Forrester) has created a short documentary which is a series of interviews with young people explaining their feelings about the upcoming election.

Van Sant was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He currently lives in Portland, Oregon.

Films include Mala Noche (85), Drugstore Cowboy (89), My Own Private Idaho (91), Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (93), To Die For (95), Good Will Hunting (97), which was nominated at the Academy Awards for Best Director, Psycho (98), Gerry (02), Elephant (03), which won the Palme d’Or and the best director prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Last Days (05), Chacun Son Cinéma (segment, 07) and Paranoid Park (07), which earned the 60th Anniversary Award at the Cannes Film Festival.

Vant Sant is openly gay.

Gua Vant Sant



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Gus Van Sant went to Ohio to speak with young voters. They discuss their fears about the current state of our country and why it's crucial for them to get out and vote.

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Comment by Jason King

October 12th 2008 08:27
I LOVE HIM - HIS FILMS ARE F%$KING BRILLIANT!!!!

Comment by Morgan Bell

October 12th 2008 08:45
hi Jason,
Van Sant is a genius!
he has a really unique vision, he lets stories present themselves!

Comment by Jason King

October 12th 2008 08:53
Total visionary - I think I want his babies!!

Comment by Morgan Bell

October 12th 2008 08:57
hi Jason,
i think you guys would make an adorable couple!

Comment by Jason King

October 12th 2008 09:48
LOL - soz, me a bit tipsy!! Red wine is flowing tonight - I just started annual leave for 2 weeks and fly to Adelaide on Tuesday for 8 days staying on the beach with 12 school mates. Vineyards are targeted for Friday and we have a driver!! LOL

Comment by Morgan Bell

October 12th 2008 09:52
hi Jason,
i love happy drunks!
have a west coast cooler for me!

Comment by RubySoho

October 12th 2008 14:35
20 years old and 40k in debt. That system is broke.

Go Gus.

Comment by Morgan Bell

October 12th 2008 14:39
hi Ruby,
yeah i know, shocking hey!
yet people keep voting for the system for the one in a million chance that they might be able to peel themselves off the bottom of the barrel?

Comment by RubySoho

October 12th 2008 14:45
Yeah, it's one of the things about America that makes me crazy. They have so been conditioned to believe that if they are not one of the lucky ones it's their own fault. they were too lazy or too stupid or they didn't want it enough.


Comment by Morgan Bell

October 12th 2008 14:49
hi Ruby,
when the playing field is so uneven hard work pretty much gets you nowhere - only friends in high places, favours, and corruption will!

Comment by RubySoho

October 12th 2008 14:55

Comment by Natalie 2

October 12th 2008 17:26
Wonderful film! I love it.

Great observation by Ruby as well. We Americans are taught from a young age that if you don't get what you want, you didn't work hard enough for it. Even though statistics show that Countries that give more benefits to workers actually have HIGHER productivity than we do in the U.S. Not to mention lower suicide rates.

Comment by David O'Connell

October 13th 2008 05:31
Hi Morgan,

I like Van Sant as a director even though there are a couple of his films that I can't stand, like Good Will Hunting and, in particular, Elephant which absolutely bored me to tears with its pointless tedium.

I think his early work was fantastic, especially Drugstore Cowboy and My Own Private Idaho. Against all expectations I actually didn't mind his shot-for-shot remake of Psycho either even if it was ultimately superflous in a way. I like Gerry too, though I'm sure most people fall asleep during that one!

Comment by Morgan Bell

October 13th 2008 15:35
hi Natalie,
all you little people really need to take back your rights and stop listening to the big bullies who are trying to control you!


hi David,
my favourites are Last Days, Psycho, and To Die For

Comment by Jason King

October 13th 2008 19:07
I absolutely hated To Die For - it is how I picture Nicole Kidman in real life. Idaho, Paranoid Park and Elephant RULE!!!!

Comment by Morgan Bell

October 14th 2008 03:42
hi Jason,
i think Nicole Kidman in real life would be exactly like her character in The Others, cold and neurotic

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