Essentially, the camera wanders through the production, without an agenda, and takes in everything thats going on. When i bought this dvd, i was expecting a fictionilized account of nirvana lead singer, kurt cobains last few days before he committed suicide. The main problem is that the director has chosen to evoke the memory of kurt cobain so directly that it will be the only way for the vast majority of viewers to approach the film. Resonating with grace, it perfectly bookends gus van sant. Gus van sants take on the last few days of kurt cobains life. Gus van sant full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Last days is available to watch and stream, download, buy on demand at. Van sant brings a lyricism, a dreamy sensibility that infuses his detachment with sympathy. All three films resolutely refuse to find a message in the deaths. It is a fictionalized account of the last days of a musician, loosely. Fancy watching last days on your tv, phone, or tablet. Download the tv guide app for iphone, ipad and android. Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the gus van sant directed movie via subscription can be difficult, so we.
Starring michael pitt, lukas haas, asia argento, scott green, nicole vicius, ricky jay, ryan orion, harmony korine and kim gordon. Michael pitt, lukas haas, asia argento, imdb rating. Some of the latest trends in art cinema have not only registered, but also made. Nothing much happens, there is not a lot of dialogue but what we see, experience, is the slow demise of an individual into oblivion. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of last days. The cinema of sensations cambridge scholars publishing. Um estudo sobre a reapropriacao da celebridade kurt cobain. Rent last days 2005 starring michael pitt and lukas haas on dvd and bluray. If your cloud dvr fills up, well make space by deleting your oldest recordings marked save until space is needed first.
Last days, which is informed by the suicide of kurt cobain, is a hauntingly beautiful tone poem. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of last days with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. Contact info view agent, publicist, legal on imdbpro. For mac you will need a command line archiver like rar for mac os x. His last movie, milk, won two oscars and thanks to a providential release date became part of the national debate over.
His film is loosely based on the last days of nirvana rocker kurt cobain 19671994, starring michael pitt as a reclusive seattlearea musician named blake. Gus van sant s film last days takes an anonymous look at the final days of a very famous rock star. Watch gus van sant s last days starring michael pitt in this drama on directv. Buy gus van sants last days english vcd 2005 dvd, bluray online at lowest price in india at. This film follows blake as he detaches himself from life, seeking refuge in the woods behind his home as his personal tragedy unfolds. Gus van sant has never been much for hoeing the same old row. Last days 2005 a gus van sant film about kurt cobain. Blake, played by michael pitt, is an eerie standin for nirvanas lead singer kurt cobain. It has to be next to impossible to make an engaging movie about a depressed, suicidal, antisocial rock star, but writerdirector gus van sant probably comes about as close as can be.
Interviews with the actors and crew flesh out van sant s techniques, and the general feel of the set. During the hours which end up being the last of his life, blake wants to be alone to figure out who or what has made any sense in his life. Watch gus van sants last days streaming online hulu. His early career was devoted to directing television commercials in the pacific northwest. No famous death can take place in our society without being endlessly. Capitolo finale di unautoriale trilogia sulla morte firmata van sant. While the film is directly influenced by the death of kurt cobain, last days is a fictional story. He looks like him, he dresses like him, and he acts like him. Gus van sant s wellmade last days has one insurmountable fault. Gus van sant has made three movies in which the camera follows young men as they wander toward their deaths.
Kurt cobaininspired movie to imagine tortured last days gus van sant drama promises to ask more questions than it answers. It was released to theaters in the united states on july 22, 2005 and was produced by hbo. Gus van sant s last days dvd an official selection in the 2005 cannes film festival, gus van sant s last days is inspired by the final hours of kurt cobain. Michael pitt plays blake, a rock star who is and is not kurt cobain, in gus van sant s last days. Van sant builds on co bains last days last days is the latest from filmmaker gus van sant, whose last film, elephant, was loosely based on the columbine shootings. Scott patrick green, nicole vicius, kim gordon, ricky jay, ryan orion, harmony korine, gus van sant, adam friberg, andy friberg, giovanni. Gus van sant does a remarkable job with this film last days. 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. Last days, incorrectly alleged to be a film biography of kurt cobain, highlights the perpetual tension between the eternal and the material in the biographical film genre. Last days is a 2005 american drama film directed, produced and written by gus van sant. You can watch recordings anytime, anywhere with your cloud dvr. It is a fictionalized account of the last days of a musician, loosely based on kurt cobain.
Dany wolf, gus van sant, michael pitt, lukas haas, asia argento, scott green, nicole vicius, ricky jay, ryan orion, harmony. Depressed and unsure of what to do with himself or his success, blake wanders about the rundown mansion he. Michael pitt lukas haas asia argento 2005 addicted to drugs, a seattle rock star. Michael pitt, lukas haas, asia argento, scott patrick green, nicole vicius, ricky jay, ryan orion, harmony korine. 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. 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. The last day, a french film directed by rodolphe marconi. Gus van sant s last days was bound to be be misunderstood from the get go. Gus van sant s 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. Gus van sant was born on july 24, 1952 in louisville, kentucky, usa as gus greene van sant junior. Howard feinstein on gus van sants new film, last days. The film stars michael pitt as the character blake, based on kurt cobain. Blake michael pitt is the leader of an influential alternative rock band who has unexpectedly won a large degree of fame and fortune.
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