Gus Van Sant
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Sep 11, 2026
Amanda DobbinsHOST
Mm-hmm.
Sean FennesseyHOST
Like Last Days by Gus Van Sant notwithstanding.
Sean FennesseyHOST
So, you know, there's a maybe a few more opportunities for this from the 20th century musical icons, but this one was probably always going to be the biggest, and it turns out it was the biggest.
Sean FennesseyHOST
Uh, okay, young filmmakers.
Jeremy CatalinoGUEST
What's what's ironic, Neil? I don't know if you made this connection, but Maureen the nun looks a lot closer with that pixie cut.
Jeremy CatalinoGUEST
to Anne Heche as Marion Crane in the Gus Van Sant remake.
Jeremy CatalinoGUEST
And I remember thinking, it's like, wow, if Anne Heche was of age at that time, if she was in her early 20s, she could have been a bang in Maury and the Nun.
Jeremy CatalinoGUEST
Oh, that's so funny.
Nicky the GoodGUEST
Cause you know, when a director is filming something that everything's always intentional, like there's nothing random typically.
AlineHOST
And that's directed by Gus Van Sant.
AlineHOST
If you didn't know that.
AlineHOST
Yeah.
Carrie BrownsteinHOST
Yes.
Fred ArmisenHOST
Gus Van Sant's in it.
Carrie BrownsteinHOST
Yep.
Fred ArmisenHOST
Uh, Selma Blair is a guest star.
Fred ArmisenHOST
... um, so I'm, I like that we captured what that feeling is.
Carrie BrownsteinHOST
Yeah.
Fred ArmisenHOST
And also that we got Gus Van Sant and Selma Blair.
Carrie BrownsteinHOST
Yeah.
Alison WillmoreHOST
Mm-hmm.
Richard LawsonHOST
And there are a couple scenes in that that I could, like Gus Van Sant's Psycho style, recreate e- precisely from memory-
Alison WillmoreHOST
[laughs]
Richard LawsonHOST
... because that's how seared in my brain it was.
ChrisHOST
Mm.
GaryHOST
While there's no doubt that the film was inspired by the tragedy, director Gus Van Sant meant for the film to be more of a reflection on the nature of violence and the effects of indifference.
GaryHOST
There's also a rumor that Van Sant's original intent was to make a TV film based on factual accounts of Columbine, but this rumor has remained unfounded.
GaryHOST
The film's minimalist approach, improvisational style, and use of non-actors has helped to fuel these rumors over the years.
ChrisHOST
Yeah.
ChrisHOST
Yeah, so, um, I, I don't know.
ChrisHOST
I mean, it won the Palme d'Or, and I'd been interested in Gus Van Sant's work, uh, apart from s- Psycho remake.
GaryHOST
No.
Rebecca FonsHOST
So I think it's totally OK.
Rebecca FonsHOST
You know, I mean, you know, what's interesting is this 1998 was the same year that the Gus Van Sant Psycho remake came out.
Rebecca FonsHOST
And that's like a shot for shot, right? Or like it's meant to be like, you know, almost exact.
Jack NewellHOST
It's a shot for shot remake.
Jack NewellHOST
Good for him.
Jack NewellHOST
There you go.
Jack NewellHOST
It's interesting, because for Psycho, Gus Van Sant basically is like, we're going to do the exact same thing, and I'm going to focus on Hitchcock's use of camera editing, lenses, all that stuff.
Jack NewellHOST
That's what he focused on, and it sounds like this version of this remake, I'm assuming is not shot in 3D, like the original dialogue for Murder was.
Jen JohansHOST
He's like, "I was the weird, uh, kid who, the Black kid who loved wa- I'm straight, and I loved watching Gregg Araki movies, and, you know, I was just kind of a weirdo." And he found sort of all of these films and was, you know, touched by them and shocked by them, and they fascinated him creatively.
Jen JohansHOST
And when I was doing the research, I saw a great interview with Gus Van Sant and Gregg Araki, and they're like, "Can you believe back then they actually gave us grants for this kind of thing?" And not like $150 grants.
Jen JohansHOST
Like-
Isaac ButlerGUEST
Right
42 MINS LATER
Isaac ButlerGUEST
Um-
Jen JohansHOST
I think it's like, uh, it gets a little long and yeah.
Isaac ButlerGUEST
Oh, you know who would've done a great job with People versus Larry Flynt is Gus Van Sant, actually.
Isaac ButlerGUEST
You know, speaking of-
Louis PeitzmanHOST
I do feel like that movie's been over-reclaimed.
Louis PeitzmanHOST
It's one of those things where people are like, I get what Gus Van Sant was doing, and I'm like, I get it, but I don't really think it makes it a great movie.
Louis PeitzmanHOST
I think it's a
Phil IscoveGUEST
fascinating thing.
Phil IscoveGUEST
I think it is one of the myriad of reasons why I think Blank Check should do Gus Van Sant someday.
Phil IscoveGUEST
Because he does feel like a guy who's had a few Blank Checks, actually.
Phil IscoveGUEST
And has cashed them in odd and interesting ways.
Louis PeitzmanHOST
I do feel like that movie's been over-reclaimed.
Louis PeitzmanHOST
It's one of those things where people are like, I get what Gus Van Sant was doing, and I'm like, I get it, but I don't really think it makes it a great movie.
Louis PeitzmanHOST
I think it's a
Phil IscoveGUEST
fascinating thing.
Phil IscoveGUEST
I think it is one of the myriad of reasons why I think Blank Check should do Gus Van Sant someday.
Phil IscoveGUEST
Because he does feel like a guy who's had a few Blank Checks, actually.
Phil IscoveGUEST
And has cashed them in odd and interesting ways.
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