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Gus Van Sant: Paranoid Park
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As an independent filmmaker, Gus Van Sant is known for breaking all the rules, but it seems that in real life he doesn’t always respect the rules either. Last night at 1:48 am he was reportedly arrested for drunk driving in Portland where he currently lives. After an officer noticed him driving without his headlights on, he pulled Van Sant over and found he had bloodshot eyes and slurred speech. His breath test showed 0.19 percent, more than twice the Oregon state limit. To his credit, Van Sant doesn’t seem to have responded with anti-semitic slurs. Perhaps he was attempting some sort of research for his next movie, Paranoid Park, about a teenage skateboarder who accidentally kills a security guard.
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Van Sant's good friend Christopher Doyle served as DP on the film -- the two have been friends since Doyle shot Van Sant's 1998 remake of Psycho. "He's a very big character," says Van Sant of the notoriously wild, super-prolific, Hong Kong-based cinematographer. Doyle was ... one of Van Sant's principal "advisors" for Park (and makes an appearance in the film as well), along with actors Scott Green and M. Blash (who both also appear in the film). "They're all close friends. They're all in the business of sorts. All three have strong opinions," Van Sant says.
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In 2006 Van Sant began work on Paranoid Park based on the book by Blake Nelson, about a skateboarding teenager who accidentally causes someone's death. The film was released in Europe in February 2008. He ... directed the "Le Marais" segment of the omnibus film Paris, je t'aime.
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In 2006, Van Sant began work on Paranoid Park based on the book by Blake Nelson. The film is scheduled for US release in December of 2007. He ... directed the "Le Marais" segment of the omnibus film Paris, je t'aime.
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Van Sant, who lives in Portland, has been sticking close to home lately, shooting his latest film, Paranoid Park, in and around the city. The dark drama centers on a teenage skateboarder, played by newcomer Gabe Nevins, who accidentally kills a security guard and whose life becomes one big maelstrom of guilt, confusion and a hasty cover-up.
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Van Sant, whose latest film, “Paranoid Park,” was honored at Cannes, signed on quickly. The filmmaker cast Kesey in his 1993 film “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” and dedicated his 2002 film “Gerry” to the author, who died in 2001. Van Sant enlisted Black, with whom he’s collaborating on a biopic of slain San Francisco pol Harvey Milk.
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