Favorite Gus Van Sant Film
 

I'm going to have to choose Paranoid Park. It was a really hard decision, as I think most everything he's done is wonderful (save for a few mid-late 90s films, and i'm not including Good Will Hunting).

This really isn't what you think is his best, or most accomplished film, but your personal favorite.

Re: Favorite Gus Van Sant Film
 

Drugstore Cowboy wins. Great flick and it shows us a very real life of an addict.

Good Will Hunting is so aesthetically pleasing and well crafted, that I could watch it any time.

Re: Favorite Gus Van Sant Film
 

What, no Psycho option? :)

Good Will Hunting for me. I'm not much of a fan of the stuff he's done the last decade.

Re: Favorite Gus Van Sant Film
 

I really meant to include all his films, somehow, Psycho escaped me.

Re: Favorite Gus Van Sant Film
 

Easily My Own Private Idaho.

Re: Favorite Gus Van Sant Film
 

He's made quite a few great films, but my favorite is probably "Paranoid Park." "Gerry" and "Drugstore Cowboy" are other all-time favorites.

On the other hand, "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" is one of my least favorite movies, ever.

Re: Favorite Gus Van Sant Film
 

The only movies of his I don't care for are Even Cowgirls Get the Blues and Finding Forrester. I haven't seen Restless.

I voted for My Own Private Idaho.

Re: Favorite Gus Van Sant Film
 

Good Will Hunting. I love Elephant and Drugstore Cowboy though.

Re: Favorite Gus Van Sant Film
 

I will say Milk, because it is so important, it has the power of change... through humanizing gay people. Yet also as a film it is full of style and great cinematography, and a legendary Penn role.

Re: Favorite Gus Van Sant Film
 

01. To Die For
02. My Own Private Idaho
03. Good Will Hunting

I don't love his latest output much either, but at least he does these 'small' films a lot better than, say, Soderbergh. Something like Gerry or Elephant totally trump films like Full Frontal and Girlfriend Experience.

Re: Favorite Gus Van Sant Film
 

Not one of my favorite directors...I picked Drugstore Cowboy.

Re: Favorite Gus Van Sant Film
 

1. Mala Noche
2. Drugstore Cowboy
3. My Own Private Idaho
4. To Die For

Re: Favorite Gus Van Sant Film
 

Good Will Hunting. Not too crazy about the other ones except for Elephant & Finding Forrester

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Went with Good Will Hunting with Drugstore Cowboy a close second.

Re: Favorite Gus Van Sant Film
 

Drugstore Cowboy

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I've only seen <b>Good Will Hunting</b>, <b>Psycho</b> (in theaters!), and <b>Elephant</b>. I liked GWH the most, although it was a close call with Elephant.

I went to see Psycho because I went through a period where I liked to be able to claim I saw infamous movies in the theaters. After seeing <b>Battlefield Earth</b>, that kind of killed it.

Re: Favorite Gus Van Sant Film
 

Good Will Hunting, by a wide mahgin.

See what I did there?

Elephant was also excellent, but the subject matter is too distasteful for repeat viewings.

Re: Favorite Gus Van Sant Film
 

Anybody like his Psycho remake?

Yeah....didn't think so. :)

As a huge fan of the original.....I thought GVS's odd shot-by-shot take was a bold endeavor with a top notch cast. Though in retrospect, VV in the Perkins role, considering his career path, seems almost surreal.

Van Sant is, if nothing else, always interesting.

Re: Favorite Gus Van Sant Film
 

Whichever one didn't have gay sex shoehorned in.

I don't think any of his films are remarkable, but I think off that list I remember enjoying To Die For when I was younger, for obvious reasons.

Re: Favorite Gus Van Sant Film
 

I'm not a Gus fan but I did love Good Will Hunting.

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I've seen 7 out of the 12. I actually think Gus does a greater job with the simplistic, straightforward work (Good Will Hunting,Milk) Voted for GWH as my favorite.

Re: Favorite Gus Van Sant Film
 

OP forgot to put Psycho in the poll.

....I've only seen 1 GVS film...and it was Milk. Sooooo I can't vote. I need to see more GVS.

Re: Favorite Gus Van Sant Film
 

Like a lot of his stuff but I have to vote Elephant.

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I can't believe anyone voted for Milk. What an absolute borefest.

Re: Favorite Gus Van Sant Film
 

Believe it, because I did.