#277: VAN SANT, Gus: My Own Private Idaho (1991)
VAN SANT, Gus (United States)
My Own Private Idaho [1991]
Spine #277
DVD
DVD
River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves star in Gus Van Sant's haunting tale of two young street hustlers: Mike Waters, a sensitive narcoleptic who dreams of the mother who abandoned him, and Scott Favor, the wayward son of the mayor of Portland and object of Mike's desire. Navigating a volatile world of junkies, thieves, and johns, Mike takes Scott on a quest from the grungy streets to the open highways of the Pacific Northwest, in search of an elusive place called home. Visually dazzling and groundbreaking, My Own Private Idaho is a deeply moving look at unrequited love and life at society's margins.
104 minutes
Color
Color
Stereo
1:78:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2005
Director/Writers
Screenplay by Gus Van Sant.
Additional dialogue by William Shakespeare.
Van Sant was 39 when he directed My Own Private Idaho.
Other Van Sant films in the Collection:
#407: Mala Noche (1985)
#1213: To Die For (1995)
The Film
Other Van Sant films in the Collection:
#407: Mala Noche (1985)
#1213: To Die For (1995)
The Film
Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
Sixty-two page booklet featuring essays by J.T. LeRoy and film critic Amy Taubin; a 1991 article by Lance Loud, and reprinted interviews with Van Sant, Phoenix, and Reeves.
Commentary
None.
Audio interview 1
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Sixty-two page booklet featuring essays by J.T. LeRoy and film critic Amy Taubin; a 1991 article by Lance Loud, and reprinted interviews with Van Sant, Phoenix, and Reeves.
Commentary
None.
Audio interview 1
With Van Sant by filmmaker Todd Haynes.
The Making of My Own Private Idaho
The Making of My Own Private Idaho
A documentary featuring Idaho crew members.
Kings of the Road
Kings of the Road
Video interview with film scholar Paul Arthur in which he discusses Van Sant’s adaptation of Orson Welles and Shakespeare.
Video conversation
Video conversation
Between producer Laurie Parker and Phoenix’s sister Rain.
Audio interview 2
Audio interview 2
Between writer LeRoy (The Heart is Deceptive Above All Things) and filmmaker Jonathan Caouette (Tarnation).
Deleted scenes
Deleted scenes
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