Rent last days 2005 starring michael pitt and lukas haas on dvd and bluray. Gus van sant s last days portrays the famous singer and song writer blake and the last couple days of his life. Gus van sants last days was bound to be be misunderstood from the get go. Depressed and unsure of what to do with himself or his success, blake wanders about. Michael pitt, playing blake, does a fantastic job in this tough role. Every gus van sant movie, ranked film school rejects. Gus van sant has made three movies in which the camera follows young men as they wander toward their deaths.
Some of gus van sants films from this period seem to be very cold and sterile. Last days was a 2005 film directed by gus van sant chronicling the last days of rock icon, kurt cobain. Awful films last days directed by gus van sant youtube. The story of two men who get lost in a big forest is a mash of van sants earlier movies gerry and. Finally, the last days script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the gus van zant movie with michael pitt based on kurt cobain. No famous death can take place in our society without being endlessly analyzed by experts, who find trends, insights, motives and morals with alarming facility. But while both films offer a bleak look at the final.
This meditation on the final week in the life of kurt cobain is gus van sants reaction to the rock biopic, which is. Gus van sants new film is about kurt cobains last days. While the name of the main character has been changed from kurt to blake and the setting of the suicide changed from a greenhouse in seattle to a greenhouse in upstate new york, theres no mistaking this film is the product of van sant s imagination pursuing the final, lonely. Josh tranks capone does for scarface what gus van sant s last days did for kurt cobain. A seattle musicians life and career are reminiscent to those of kurt cobain. Tracking down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the gus van santdirected movie via. As if they are science projects made in a colourless laboratory rather than a filmmaker telling a story and following some emotive passion. Despite the fact that the filmmaker was inspired by singer kurt cobain, his narrative goes. Gus van sants last days michael pitt lukas haas asia argento 2005 addicted to drugs, a seattle rock star michael pitt continues on a path of selfdestruction. Watch the movie trailer for gus van sant\ s last days 2005. There were still more than a few that blasted the film, like the critics had van sant s other films, for being plot and character deprived.
Start your free trial to watch gus van sant s last days and other popular tv shows and movies including new releases, classics, hulu originals, and more. Last days, which is informed by the suicide of kurt cobain, is a hauntingly beautiful tone poem. Van sant brings a lyricism, a dreamy sensibility that infuses his detachment with sympathy. The film doesnt have a big budget or the good performances we saw in some van sant films nicole kidman, matt dillon, river phoenix, etc.
Jennifer vineyard 08102004 no one really knows what happened during kurt cobains final days, despite or perhaps because of. Gus van sants last days is a brilliant cinematic contemplation of a talented, albeit eccentric musician who in his last days experiences the intensity of everything that went into creating or transforming his existence, both private and professional. Directed by gus van sant and starring michael pitt, lukas haas, asia argento and scott green. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of last days with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. While the name of the main character has been changed from kurt to blake and the setting of the suicide changed from a greenhouse in seattle to a greenhouse in upstate new york, theres no mistaking this film is the product of van sants imagination pursuing the final, lonely. With michael pitt, lukas haas, asia argento, scott patrick green. His early career was devoted to directing television commercials in the. Gus van sant drama promises to ask more questions than it answers. Gus van sants last days is a film about the death of kurt cobain. Starring michael pitt, lukas haas, asia argento, scott green, nicole vicius, ricky jay, ryan orion, harmony korine and kim gordon. Howard feinstein on gus van sants new film, last days. Blake, played by michael pitt, is an eerie standin for nirvanas lead singer kurt cobain. Watch gus van sants last days streaming online hulu.
Filmmaker gus van sant has little interest in recreating the chain of events that ended in what was almost certainly suicide. While the film is directly influenced by the death of kurt cobain, last days is a fictional story. Gus van sants film last days takes an anonymous look at the final days of a very famous rock star. Gus van sant s last days michael pitt lukas haas asia argento 2005 addicted to drugs, a seattle rock star michael pitt continues on a path of selfdestruction. This film follows blake as he detaches himself from life, seeking refuge in the woods behind his home as his personal tragedy unfolds. Later, on an acoustic guitar, its from the inside that the last lament sounds, the deepest pain, right before the last voyage.
This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of last days. Blake spends his time avoiding those in the large mansion he has chosen to live in, finding only hangers on and. Between outside and inside, private degeneration and artistic legacy, gus van sant finally reaches the icon, even as a shoddy christ. The movie is inspired by kurt cobain, the front man of nirvana, and the events of the days leading up to his death. Resonating with grace, it perfectly bookends gus van sants spare. In his new movie, van sant continues to mine reality for material. Fancy watching last days in the comfort of your own home. Im not sure its fun but its slow at the sametime read more. Kurt cobaininspired movie to imagine tortured last days. Michael pitt, lukas haas, asia argento, imdb rating. Gus van sants last days portrays the famous singer and song writer blake and the last couple days of his life. Gus van sant was born on july 24, 1952 in louisville, kentucky, usa as gus greene van sant junior. Loosely based on the final days of rock star kurt cobain, isolated musician blake fights the demons of his past and present as he tries to make sense of his existence after achieving fame. Blake michael pitt is the leader of an influential alternative rock band who has unexpectedly won a large degree of fame and fortune.
Gus van sant s last days is a film about the death of kurt cobain. The 10 best movies of gus van sant taste of cinema. Filmmaker gus van sant wrote and directed this meditation on stardom and its costs, inspired in part by the life and death of rock musician kurt cobain. All three films resolutely refuse to find a message in the deaths.
Last days 2005 last days is far from being an easy film. Last days script transcript from the screenplay andor. Last days is the latest from filmmaker gus van sant, whose last film, elephant, was loosely based on the columbine shootings. Gus van sants elephant 2003 is based loosely on the real events of the 1999 columbine high school killings. I know, i know, i still need to get the cast names in there and ill be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free. Minimalism and artcinema narration in gus van sants. When gus van sant began working on dont worry, he wont get far on foot more than 20 years ago, the movie looked a whole lot different. He looks like him, he dresses like him, and he acts like him.
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