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Gus Van Sant’s Last Days
Now available on DVD!
Written and directed by Gus Van Sant
Starring Michael Pitt, Lukas Haas, Asia Argento, Scott Green
From HBO Films.
A Picturehouse Release.
Premiered May 13 in Competition at Cannes
Gus Can Sant's Last Days is filmmaker Gus Van Sant's meditation on the inner turmoil that engulfs a brilliant, but troubled, musician in the final hours of his life. Michael Pitt (The Dreamers, Hedwig and the Angry Inch) stars as Blake, an introspective artist who is buckling under the weight of fame, professional obligations, and a mounting feeling of isolation. Gus Can Sant's Last Days follows Blake through a handful of hours he spends in and near his wooded home, a fugitive from his own life. It is a period of random moments and fractured consciousness, fused by spontaneous bursts of rock & roll. Expanding on the elliptical style forged in his two previous films, Gerry and the Palme d'Or-winning Elephant, Van Sant layers images and sounds to articulate an emotional landscape, creating a dynamic work about a soul in transition.
Although this film is inspired by the last days of Kurt Cobain, it is a work of fiction and none of the characters or events portrayed in the film are real.