Gus Van Sant : an unauthorized biography / by James Robert Parish.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parish, James Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Van Sant, Gus.

Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Biography.

Motion picture producers and directors.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xv, 333 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Thunder's Mouth Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West, [2001]

Summary:

From the racial politics of "Gone with the Wind" to the protest surrounding the 1999 adaptation of the book "American Psycho, " this annual anthology is dedicated to collecting the best writing about America's most influential medium.

Contents:

1 Bright Beginnings 1

2 My Own Private Portland 12

3 The Graduate 22

4 Hollywood Bound 27

5 The Player 34

6 Home Again 44

7 The Great Northwest 51

8 Making Mala Noche 58

9 Doing the Rounds 66

10 Selected Short Subjects 74

11 Roping Drugstore Cowboy 81

12 Filmmaking

Gus van Sant Style 88

13 The Hats Pay off 98

14 Portland Life 108

15 The Road to Idaho 117

16 Enter River Phoenix 125

17 Portland and Idaho 135

18 The Vision Comes Alive 149

19 The New Celebrity 163

20 New Age Cowgirls 169

21 Rain and River 176

22 A Project to Die for 190

23 Back in Business 195

24 A Murderously Funny Movie 202

25 In the Pink 216

26 Finding Good Will 225

27 The Road to Oscar 233

28 Wanted: Norman Bates 248

29 Psycho Redux 260

30 On the Filmmaking Merry-Go-Round 276

31 Fashioning Forrester 282

32 The Road to New York and Beyond 301.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [314]-326) and index.

ISBN:

1560253444

1560253371

OCLC:

47716503