Gerry

The Gus Vant Sant retrospective continues

By WW Staff
GUS, WHERE'S MY CAR?: Matt Damon and Casey Affleck.

Why it's Portlandy: It's a fiercely artistic love letter from Portland's most iconic filmmaker to Oregon's most iconic author. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest writer Ken Kesey died in Pleasant Hill while Van Sant spent $3.5 million to film Casey Affleck and Matt Damon, both named Gerry, improvise an art-school Dude, Where's My Car? in the desert. 

Film professor Mario Falsetto's notes: "You'll be reminded of Samuel Beckett, Bela Tarr and other great desert films. You'll look at your watch and curse Van Sant for making you sit staring at a film made up of only 100 shots, but you won't forget the experience. It'll make you rethink your understanding of cinema—if you let it."

Van Sant said: "My characters aren't really talking so that you can understand what they are saying."

Best quote from the movie: “Fuck ‘the thing.’” 

SEE IT: Gerry plays at NW Film Center's Whitsell Auditorium, 1219 SW Park Ave., on Thursday, May 14. 7 pm. $9.

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