My Own Private Idaho (1991)
Country: US
Technical: col 102m
Director: Gus Van Sant
Cast: River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo
Synopsis:
An adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry IV, in which two street hustlers in Portland, Oregon gradually drift apart as they reassess their lives and priorities.
Review:
This slightly precious film helped mark a new era of independent film-making in the U.S., thanks to festivals like Sundance, in which directors used tight budgets to pursue personal projects. In this case Van Sant's homosexuality undoubtedly infused the pretty boy iconography of Phoenix and Reeves on a motorcycle, as if off a Kenneth Anger film, and Phoenix's untimely death cemented the picture's cult status.
Country: US
Technical: col 102m
Director: Gus Van Sant
Cast: River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo
Synopsis:
An adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry IV, in which two street hustlers in Portland, Oregon gradually drift apart as they reassess their lives and priorities.
Review:
This slightly precious film helped mark a new era of independent film-making in the U.S., thanks to festivals like Sundance, in which directors used tight budgets to pursue personal projects. In this case Van Sant's homosexuality undoubtedly infused the pretty boy iconography of Phoenix and Reeves on a motorcycle, as if off a Kenneth Anger film, and Phoenix's untimely death cemented the picture's cult status.
Country: US
Technical: col 102m
Director: Gus Van Sant
Cast: River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo
Synopsis:
An adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry IV, in which two street hustlers in Portland, Oregon gradually drift apart as they reassess their lives and priorities.
Review:
This slightly precious film helped mark a new era of independent film-making in the U.S., thanks to festivals like Sundance, in which directors used tight budgets to pursue personal projects. In this case Van Sant's homosexuality undoubtedly infused the pretty boy iconography of Phoenix and Reeves on a motorcycle, as if off a Kenneth Anger film, and Phoenix's untimely death cemented the picture's cult status.