Gus Van Sant’s Paranoid Park Trailer
Although Gus Van Sant has had a few mainstream hits like Good Will Hunting and Finding Forrester, he is a director very much rooted in independent filmmaking. You never quite know what you’re going to get with one of his movies, but he is always up for a little experimentation. Sometimes these experiments fail (his shot for shot remake of Psycho) but other times they end up being pretty well-respected (the Shakespeare-inspired My Own Private Idaho). His last pair of films, Elephant and Last Days, split a lot of audiences right down the middle, but I happened to enjoy both of them.
Next up for Van Sant is Paranoid Park, a movie that may at first appear to resemble a Larry Clark flick since it stars a young skateboarder, but if you watch the trailer you’ll see what appears to be the makings of an actual plot! The movie is based on a novel by Blake Nelson about a teen who accidentally kills a security guard at the infamous skate park in Portland. Paranoid Park premiered at Cannes last year and I’ve been curious to see it ever since. Looks like it will finally get a limited release on March 7th. Follow the link below to watch the trailer over at Yahoo!.
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Comments (3)
I didn’t see Elephant, but I thought Last Days was super boring and visually OK. But I’ll give this a chance. It definitely looks like it could be interesting. Gus Van Sant’s pictures in the Stadium Arcadium Booklet are fantastic too.
Posted by Mike on January 9th, 2008I haven’t seen last days but I enjoyed Elephant – mostly for it’s pacing and the fact that, until I saw it, I hadn’t really seen anything like it so it was new and innovative.
The description for this film in the VIFF festival guide was a paragraph long and half of it focused on van Sant’s other work. I was curious by a teaser that popped up around the time of Cannes but this full trailer really packs some punch. I’m in.
Posted by Marina on January 9th, 2008Saw this film at the New York Film Festival.
Typical Gus pacing coupled with bad acting made this one a loser in my book.
I attend his films for the Cinematography mostly, which offered nothing remarkable here. (Who could forget the shots in Elephant, where you move from outside through the school in one continuous shot – WOW.)
Some may find something to enjoy from this film but the overall reception in NY was one of disappointment. Maybe we’re just jaded.
Lastly, IFC backed it, only a matter of time before you catch it on network or DVD. Save your dollars for something spectacular such as THERE WILL BE BLOOD!
Posted by Hater on January 9th, 2008Leave a Reply