Gus Van Sant Movies

  • 1998
    The Director's Vision: Hollywood's Best Discuss Their Craft

    The Director's Vision: Hollywood's Best Discuss Their Craft

    The Director's Vision: Hollywood's Best Discuss Their Craft

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    The nominees for the 1998 Oscar for Best Director — Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, James L. Brooks, Gus Van Sant and Curtis Hanson —...

    The Director's Vision: Hollywood's Best Discuss Their Craft
  • 1979
    Psycho Shampoo

    Psycho Shampoo

    Psycho Shampoo

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    A short parody of the iconic shower murder scene from Hitchcock's "Psycho" framed as a shampoo commercial. This short was produced for the LA-based...

    Psycho Shampoo
  • 2004
    The Making of Last Days

    The Making of Last Days

    The Making of Last Days

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    Behind-the-scenes documentary of Gus Van Sant's "Last Days."

    The Making of Last Days
  • 2005
    The Making of ‘My Own Private Idaho’

    The Making of ‘My Own Private Idaho’

    The Making of ‘My Own Private Idaho’

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    Making-of documentary of Gus Van Sant's 'My Own Private Idaho'.

    The Making of ‘My Own Private Idaho’
  • 1987
    Five Ways to Kill Yourself

    Five Ways to Kill Yourself

    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.

    Five Ways to Kill Yourself
  • 2015
    About Cinema

    About Cinema

    About Cinema

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    An abandoned tumbledown theater in the outback of Paraíba state is the initial setting of a film about cinema, which explores the testimonials...

    About Cinema
  • 1998
    Strange Parallel

    Strange Parallel

    Strange Parallel

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    Strange Parallel is a documentary/short film revolving around the American singer/songwriter Elliott Smith. The film features interviews with Elliott...

    Strange Parallel
  • 1995
    Guns on the Clackamas

    Guns on the Clackamas

    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...

    Guns on the Clackamas
  • 1972
    Little Johnny

    Little Johnny

    Little Johnny

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    Experimental short film preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2017.

    Little Johnny
  • 1991
    Flea Sings

    Flea Sings

    Flea Sings

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    Experimental short subject preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

    Flea Sings
  • 1979
    Property

    Property

    Property

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    Facing eviction, the residents of a bohemian quarter of Portland, Oregon organize to collectively purchase a block of houses, only to get a crash...

    Property
  • 2008
    Making Paranoid Park

    Making Paranoid Park

    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...

    Making Paranoid Park
  • 2024
    who is Gus Van Sant?

    who is Gus Van Sant?

    who is Gus Van Sant?

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    An essay based on photographs and videos taken during the Gus Van Sant retrospective held at La Casa Encendida during 2018. Perhaps a glorified...

    who is Gus Van Sant?
  • 1982
    The Discipline of D.E.

    The Discipline of D.E.

    The Discipline of D.E.

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    "The Discipline of D.E." is a short 16mm film directed by Gus Van Sant. It’s based on a story in “Exterminator!” by William...

    The Discipline of D.E.
  • 1970
    Thank You for Supporting the Arts

    Thank You for Supporting the Arts

    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...

    Thank You for Supporting the Arts
  • 2021
    Joe Gives Up and Moves to Montana

    Joe Gives Up and Moves to Montana

    Joe Gives Up and Moves to Montana

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    LA can be a hard place to live, and Joe is about to give up and move back to Montana, the place he escaped from years before. But when he returns,...

    Joe Gives Up and Moves to Montana
  • 1996
    Four Boys in a Volvo

    Four Boys in a Volvo

    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,...

    Four Boys in a Volvo
  • 1991
    Thanksgiving Prayer

    Thanksgiving Prayer

    Thanksgiving Prayer

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    An indictment ballad of all the different political groups in America.

    Thanksgiving Prayer
  • 2000
    Easter

    Easter

    Easter

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    The story of a man who believes himself to be gay after watching a gay pornographic film with his wife.

    Easter
  • 1970
    My Friend

    My Friend

    My Friend

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    "This diary of a male friendship is both perplexing and hilarious. Using the cliches of the diary film, it tells a story of friendship, love, and...

    My Friend