Gus Van Sant Movies
- 2011
The Advocate for Fagdom
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The Advocate for Fagdom unites the puzzle pieces one by one. Testimonies are combined with rare archive images. Art galeries present movie extracts...
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- 1999
The Making of Drugstore Cowboy
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Portland, 1988. Filmmaker Gus Van Sant shoots Drugstore Cowboy, the project that will bring he and his collaborators a formidable burst of mainstream...
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- 1997
Ballad of the Skeletons
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A close-up of Allen Ginsberg reciting his “skeletons” poem is bluescreened and dissolved against archival film and video clips, and...
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- 1991
Thanksgiving Prayer
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An indictment ballad of all the different political groups in America.
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- 2008
Mansion on the Hill
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Part of the film "8", Gus Van Sant delivers a film on child health.
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- 1988
Ken Death Gets Out of Jail
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Youth tells about his jail experience. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.
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- 2001
Rescued from the Closet
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A collection of interviews recorded for the making of the 1995 documentary "The Celluloid Closet," on the subject of LGBT representation in film...
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- 2019
At the Video Store
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Equal parts personal essay, intense rumination, and playful satire, this movie laments the death of the American Video Store while it searches for...
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- 1987
My New Friend
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An older man meets and becomes fascinated by a younger man in this somewhat autobiographical work.
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- 2003
About Elephant
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15-minute interview with director Gus Van Sant on Elephant (2003)
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- 1973
1/2 of a Telephone Conversation
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Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
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- 1971
The Happy Organ
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Experimental short film preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2017.
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- 2003
Saltlake Van Sant
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Behind-the-scenes documentary of one morning on the set of "Gerry" directed by Gus Van Sant.
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- 2008
Making Paranoid Park
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Behind the scenes documentary of Gus Van Sant's "Paranoid Park." Felix Andrew: director, cinematographer, editor. Dane La Chiusa: titles and...
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- 1972
Little Johnny
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Experimental short film preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2017.
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- 1987
Five Ways to Kill Yourself
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Gus Van Sant, dissatisfied professionally, counts five ways to end his life. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.
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- 1970
Thank You for Supporting the Arts
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Directors W. Alexander Jones and Carolann Stoney turn their cameras on Liv Osthus, one of the best-known artists working in Portland’s adult...
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- 1995
Guns on the Clackamas
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Nigel Nado, the notable documentary filmmaker, is trying to make a movie about some people trying to make a movie. But everything is going wrong. The...
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- 1996
Four Boys in a Volvo
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The short film was made from material shot for a Levi’s commercial on which Gus Van Sant was given complete freedom. Van Sant delivered the ad,...
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- 2000
De Witt Clinton Choir
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A record of a teenage choir singing a song.
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