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| (Gus Van Sant/ New York Times, 2011) |
Filmmaker Gus Van Sant's latest film, Restless, deals with a young person with cancer and how it affects the lives of her friends and family. It premiered at Cannes this month. Some are saying it marks a return to minimalist yet experimental style the director has grappled with in previous films, such as Elephant and Last Days. In a broader context, it's another film on the theme of premature death; more accurately, the context surrounding a premature death, that the director has long been preoccupied by. See this brief but interesting interview in the New York Times for more information.
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/13/gus-van-sant-on-young-love-and-young-death/?hpw
