#277: VAN SANT, Gus: My Own Private Idaho (1991)

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VAN SANT, Gus (United States)
My Own Private Idaho [1991]
Spine #277
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
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

Film Rating (0-60):

60

The Extras

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

With Van Sant by filmmaker Todd Haynes.
The Making of My Own Private Idaho

A documentary featuring Idaho crew members.
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

Between producer Laurie Parker and Phoenix’s sister Rain.
Audio interview 2

Between writer LeRoy (The Heart is Deceptive Above All Things) and filmmaker Jonathan Caouette (Tarnation).
Deleted scenes

Original theatrical trailer
Extras Rating (0-40):

39

60 + 39 =

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