The Gus Van Sant Podcast No. 3: My Own Private Idaho

https://notesonfilm1.com/2024/10/02/the-gus-van-sant-podcast-3-my-own-private-idaho-1991/ We discuss one of the films that very much marked me, the image above was the image on my letterhead in the time we still used snail mail. In the accompanying podcast we discuss the film's historical significance. Was it a 'film that (made) history? We discuss it relationship to New Queer Cinema. We speculate on whether the film queers Shakespeare and discuss the film in relation to Welles' Chimes at Midnight. We comment on the significance of the casting, the contributions of River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, Udo Kier and others and what their contributions to the film might be. We also discuss in detail particular scenes, the one where the magazine covers come to life; the rhyming musical/ hustler interludes, the great campfire scene. ...and much more.