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Meeting celebrated auteur, Gus Van Sant, to discuss his fourteenth feature film, RESTLESS , at the Toronto International Film Festival, certainly had my nerves on edge, given that I’m a bit of an admirer of his. It didn’t help matters much when he would pause and stare at me blankly for five or ten seconds after almost every question I asked. Fortunately, I realized very quickly that I was not the problem. “You can definitely become overworked talking to the press,” Van Sant admits to me of the whirlwind that is the contemporary festival experience. “When I hit the five-hour mark, I start to get pretty spaced out.” Our interview was his last before lunch so that explained a lot. The 59-year-old director returns to cinemas this fall with his first film since his 2008 masterpiece, MILK , which earned eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture as well as a second Best Director nod for Van Sant. (His first was for 1997’s GOOD WILL HUNTING .) And while RESTLESS is nowhere near...

TULISAN INI MUNGKIN MENGANDUNG SPOILER! Oleh: Rio Johan (Rijon) Sutradara: Gus Van Sant Pemain: Alex Frost, Eric Deulen, John Robinson, Timothy Bottoms, Matt Malloy, Elias McConnell, Nathan Tyson, Carrie Finklea, Kristen Hicks, Brittany Mountain, Jordan Taylor, Nicole George, Alicia Miles, Bennie Dixon Tahun Rilis: 2003 Elephant adalah sebuah film yang patut dipuji karena keberaniannya, apalagi mengingat film ini diproduksi oleh Hollywood. Pujian tersebut terutama ditujukan pada keberanian Gus Van Sant menyuguhkan tontonan non-naratif, non-linear, dan tidak biasa. Gus Van Sant mengemas Elephant dengan adegan-adegan stylish yang tidak wajar, slow-paced , multiple pointview , dan yang paling patut disoroti adalah long take yang sangat berani sekaligus berisiko. Kenapa berani? Dari segi komersial, berani karena penyuguhan Elephant yang tidak biasa ini bisa saja berakibat kejenuhan bagi tipe penonton mainstream yang tidak sabaran. Dari segi sinematik dan artistik, ...