Gus Van Sant
Gus Van Sant
Gus Green Van Sant, Jr.is an American film director, screenwriter, painter, photographer, musician and author who has earned acclaim as both an independent and more mainstream filmmaker. His films typically deal with themes of marginalized subcultures, in particular homosexuality; as such, Van Sant is considered one of the most prominent auteurs of the New Queer Cinema movement...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth24 July 1952
CountryUnited States of America
done havens
I'm normally drawn to something I haven't done and seen before.
gay say-anything identity
A person's sexuality is so much more than one word "gay." No one refers to anyone as just "hetero" because that doesn't say anything. Sexual identity is broader than a label.
reading character actors
A lot of times, you're not necessarily off the page because you haven't been able to take the time to prepare a character. It's very easy to find even great actors reading it more like a reading. Things aren't really coming alive yet, even though you know they will.
blow bombs might
The rules of suspense are that you do know, and you just don't know when. In the Hitchcock rules of suspense, you are supposed to know that there is a bomb on the bus that might blow up, and then it becomes very tense - but if you don't know that there's a bomb and it just blows up, then it's just a surprise.
records venture online
Now the music industry is sort of like a Craigslist venture, right? Where you're making your own records and selling them online.
different realising havens
One of the things that is devastating is I realise I haven't been living a different life than when I was, like, 12. I'm shocked at how reclusive I've been since then. I was unaware of it until recently.
too-much saws alternatives
I knew about Heatmiser, and I saw them one time at Pine Street [later changed to La Luna], which was the center of a lot of alternative bands during the 80s. But I didn't really know too much about their music.
thinking quality sentimental
I think that in some cases, I've made films that have a sentimental quality, at least as part of the film.
thinking crafts directors
And Later I Thought, I Can't Think How Anyone Can Become a Director Without Learning the Craft of Cinematography.
blessing boredom
For all the boredom the straight life brings, it's not too bad.
artist trying use
As I do with most films, I try and find some music that you could use throughout, not just a sampling of lots of different artists.
upset faces sometimes
Sometimes getting upset with yourself is necessary when you face the truth.
people remember photograph
I used to take photographs just to remember people.
trying film shots
Even if you try to copy a film shot by shot, you still can't. It's still your own film.