Gus van sant on making restless and not making twilight. Quand le cineaste signe une love story, forcement eros a rendezvous avec thanatos. Learn more about gus van sant at with exclusive news, full bio and filmography as well as photos, videos, and more. It was published in 1997 on the nan talese imprint of doubleday summary. Gus van sant s delicate drama restless feels like a natural creative evolution from his death trilogy of gerry, elephant, and last days. Restless by gus van sant gus van sant, henry hopper, mia. Restless,earnest and eccentric,is on the sentimental side of van sant s filmography,to be filled alongside 2000s finding forrester. It was a solo project so it was completely my production, from the visuals to the music choice. Restless bande annonce hd film realise par gus van sant.
The opening night feature of our season, van sant s most recently completed feature, paranoid park production of his upcoming harvey milk film, with sean penn and josh brolin in lead roles, kicked off on january 14 continues van sant s exploration of themes of youthful disquiet, longing and selfdoubt. Gus van sant s movies, probably with the exception of psycho and milk, tend to focus on disillusioned youths and in some way concern death. Gus van sant s tender story of a young man, traumatized by the death of his parents, numbed and unable to connect, who learns to face death by falling in love with a dying pretty girl, who springs eternal with joie. Ses films ont marque le cinema americain independant des annees 90 avec notamment drugstore cowboy 1989, my own private idaho 1991 et even. So when gus said swifty laid on his back and he fucked him, it was just a sweet dream, nothing more. Directed by gus van sant, one of the most astute observers of people living life on the edge. Download back to natural eating recipes by emily jane of whiteley emily jane on 02 april 2012.
Directed by gus van sant and starring alice in wonderlands mia wasikowska, restless has all the bells and whistles to make the loveobsessed 14yearold in me sing. Its a story of innocence greeting death, and making it. Movie typography from restless 2011, directed by gus van sant, starring charlize theron, patton oswalt, patrick wilson, elizabeth reaser. Critique du film restless realise par gus van sant avec henry hopper, mia wasikowska, ryo kase. Gus van sant one of the best parts about watching a gus van sant movie is being aware that youre watching a gus van sant movie. While the rap on the filmmaker is that he specializes in dreamy portraits of alienated young people, the reality is van sant has a lot. Guss father was a clothing manufacturer and traveling salesman, who rapidly worked his way into middle class prosperity, holding executive marketing positions that included being president of the white stag manufacturing companys apparel operation. Shane black and gus van sant couldnt be more different as filmmakers. Jan 19, 2018 joaquin phoenixs casting in dont worry, he wont get far on foot has proven controversial, given who hes playing in gus van sants film. Sony pictures classics to release gus van sant s restless in north america new york march 31, 2011 sony pictures classics announced today that they will release gus van sant s new film, restless, in north america, with sony pictures releasing international distributing the film in the rest of the world.
Download the today app for the latest coverage on the coronavirus outbreak. When these two outsiders chance to meet at a funeral, they find an unexpected common. Scott green g us van sant, so revered for artfilm works such as elephant, last days and gerry, makes one of his periodic returns to the mainstream with this horrifically. Gus van sant picks australian alice in wonderland actress mia wasikowska to star in his next production, restless. It is the only logical explanation for how a film has so perfectly captured my cinematic pet hates in one unremittingly awful movie. In the film, two outsiders, both shaped by the circumstances that have brought them together, forge a deep and lasting love. The exchanges between film scholar mario falsetto and the indie filmmaker cover fifteen films directed by van sant over a period of thirty years. A report from the berlin film festival on three new projects, including the latest from gus van sant. Probably gus had the same fantasies about matt and ben and casey and michael, all those guys were van sant s fantasy figures. From acclaimed director gus van sant good will hunting comes a quirky, comingof age. The most banal and indulgent of gus van sant s periodic studies of. He then presented their stories in a believable, concerning and curious way. Directed by gus van sant, one of the most astute observers of people living life on the edge, comes a take.
Dont worry, he wont get far on foot is sad and listless gus van sant continues his cold streak with a biopic of the portland cartoonist john callahan, played by a mumbling joaquin phoenix. Even opponents of auteur theory have to admit that the beautiful restless starring mia wasikowska as a terminallyill cancer patient and henry hopper as the eccentric, troubled boy who falls in love with heris more than a film made by gus van sant. It is a film about love and death, where death as a theme anchors a tender love relationship between two young people. Films include good will hunting, elephant, and milk. Dont worry, he wont get far on foot avoids inspirational biopic cliches thanks to sensitive work from writerdirector gus van sant and the admirable efforts of a wellchosen cast. Blake, played by michael pitt, is an eerie standin for nirvanas lead singer kurt cobain. The northwest, the rules of suspense, and imaginary. Gus van sant was born on july 24, 1952 in louisville, kentucky, usa as gus greene van sant junior. This is not the official video, just an excerpt from the gus van sant s movie.
It is as if gus van sant has made this film for the sole purpose to piss me off. Movie posters 2 this project joins two personal interests. Even opponents of auteur theory have to admit that the beautiful restlessstarring mia wasikowska as a terminallyill cancer patient and henry hopper as the eccentric, troubled boy who falls in love with heris more than a film made by gus van sant. Van sant was born and raised in louisville, kentucky, the son of betty nee seay and gus green van sant sr. Film profile for gus van sant, director, born 24 july 1952. You can download the hd movie trailer of restless from. He looks like him, he dresses like him, and he acts like him. Characters defined merely by their quirks obnoxious teenage angst. Find similar and related movies for restless 2011 gus van sant on allmovie. This floaty drama needed everything working in its favour to. Dont worry, he wont get far on foot 2018 rotten tomatoes. Gus van sants film last days takes an anonymous look at the final days of a very famous rock star. His debut is in gus van sant s restless, in which he plays a teenager who becomes a funeralcrashing dropout with a ghost friend, as. Gus van sant, oregons most celebrated filmmaker, has lived and worked in portland for more than thirty years.
Restless, earnest and eccentric, is on the sentimental side of van sant s filmography, to be filled alongside 2000s finding forrester. He is a director and producer, known for elephant 2003, drugstore cowboy 1989 and my own private idaho 1991. With mia wasikowska, henry hopper, ryo kase, schuyler fisk. Find the latest gus van sant news, videos and more from consequence of sound, your goto place for music, film, and tv news. Danny elfman is reteaming with director gus van sant on the upcoming biographical drama dont worry, he wont get far on foot. Adobe flash player is required to watch this video. Gus van sant has made a career out of defying expectations. Dont worry, he wont get far on foot is currently in postproduction. And rather than have the men take advantage of natures assistance to make good on their suicide plans, van sant s movie turns into an adventure film, spending long minutes depicting the pairs attempts to survive the waters onslaught. The movie tells the story of quadriplegic cartoonist john callahan who became paralyzed following a car accident at the age of 21 and. Van sant had me wanting to know these two vastly different people and their personalities from the very beginning. In the early 1970s, van sant entered the rhode island school of design to study painting.
This had great effect on van sant and he would revisit those feelings of loss often in his films. The casual picturetaking quickly developed into a fullfledged project, encompassing a whos who of twentiethcentury cinema and capturing the exuberance and hedonism of a decade. Danny elfman scoring gus van sants dont worry, he wont. Gus van sant and the windows to other worlds the script lab.
From acclaimed director gus van sant good will hunting, milk comes a quirky, comingofage love story between a young man henry hopper who has given up on life and a beautiful, charming young girl mia wasikowska who possesses a deepfelt love of life and the natural world. In those three indie films, the auteur examined the mindsets of different people leading up to their deaths. From director gus van sant, one of the most astute observers of people living life on the edge, comes a take on friendship and young love as engaging and true as it is provocative and stirring. A teenage boy, whos still traumatized by the recent car crash death of his parents, falls in love with a terminallyill teenage girl. Annabel is restless to get on with her impending death. The film is written and directed by van sant and stars joaquin phoenix, rooney mara, jonah hill and jack black. When he said swifty was lightly stroking his penis and that they both came at the same time, it was a nice little fantasy. Gus van sant began taking photographs for the auditions of drugstore cowboy and my own private idaho. It can be difficult to know what to make of gus van sant.
His best films are so distinctly spawned from the same man, that they remain a joy to rediscover time and again. The story of a terminally ill teenage girl who falls for a boy who likes to attend funerals and their encounters with the ghost of a japanese kamikaze pilot from wwii. Jan 01, 2011 his debut is in gus van sants restless, in which he plays a teenager who becomes a funeralcrashing dropout with a ghost friend, as another character puts it. Emily jane white wild tigers i have known yong new. Black is a pillar of pop culture cheekiness, known for sticking jokey asides into his screenplays and mining glib wisecracks out of pulpy genre fare ranging from lethal weapon, to his directorial debut, kiss kiss bang bang, to last years iron man 3. But he was also responsible for the needless remake of psycho 1996, the inane even cowgirls get the blues 1993, and the syrupy finding forrester 2000. May 11, 2015 the son of an executive, the van sant family was frequently forced to relocate due to his fathers job. Oct 09, 2009 relaxnews in the movie news recap for friday, october 9. Its a story of innocence greeting death,and making it a plaything. In the film restless, enoch henry hopper and annabel. Restless, similar to his paranoid park, finds van sant exploring what happens to the people who live on after getting their first glimpses of death. The film being in urgent need of some physical drama, a massive flood hits the forest. Gus van sant s latest is the tale of a terminally ill teenage girl, her funeralloving new boyfriend, and her other new acquaintance.
Portland is the setting for several of his independent films, which portray the bohemian youth culture of the city and its grittier landmarks, including rail yards, warehouses, rooftops, and skate parks. I just couldnt get into it, walk to remember will always be my favourite. Restless is a 2011 american romantic drama film directed by gus van sant and written by jason lew. Elephant movie titles a movie title project i did for the gus van sant movie. In his palme dorwinning elephant, the second in his so. Oscarnominated writer and director gus van sant was a key figure on the american independent film scene of the 1980s and 1990s, offering p tic yet cleareyed excursions through americas seamy underbelly in films like drugstore cowboy 1989 and my own private idaho 1991. In a wideranging conversation, the two men discuss the whole scope of van sants work and inspirations. Icons is a previously unpublished interview with van sant conducted in portland in june 2015 by matthieu orleans, the exhibitions curator. 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. I took myself off to see restless because gus van sant directed it, and mia wasikowska was in it its a film in which two teenagers meet at a funeral. Shot in portland, oregon, united states, and produced by bryce dallas howard, ron howard and brian grazer for sony pictures classics and imagine entertainment, it was released on september 16, 2011. Van sant has always been the cinematic equivalent of an elliott smith song. Van sant formouse pelo rhode island school of design. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page.
He is a director and producer, known for elephant 2003, my own private idaho 1991 and drugstore cowboy 1989. The northwest, the rules of suspense, and imaginary friends. Restless, similar to his paranoid park, finds van sant exploring what happens to the people who live on after getting their first glimpses of. How gus van sant and joaquin phoenixs reunion got off on the. His films typically deal with themes of marginalized subcultures, in particular homosexuality. And as the end credits rolled up, i still wanted to like it. Created with acrylic and indian ink, these posters take part of a collection read more. Regardless of the critical or commercial response to his work, van sant has maintained a vision that is unique among contemporary filmmakers. Contact info view agent, publicist, legal on imdbpro. With restless, veteran american filmmaker gus van sant staggers back and forth across that line like a drunk with a busted stopwatch. Restless bande annonce hd gus van sant vost sortie 2109. The story is set in saquatch, oregon, united states, and details the life of spunky davis, a middleaged maker of infomercials who is trying to find his next assignment and finish the sciencefiction screenplay that he hopes will bring him hollywood glory.