☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Gerry (2002) -- G. Van Sant
A very loosely defined
plot (with I believe fully improvised dialogue) is just an excuse for beautiful
landscape photography, shot in the Great Salt Lake, Death Valley, and somewhere
in Argentina. Matt Damon and Casey
Affleck are lost, but really they are just figures against the ground. Gus Van
Sant constructs his film as a sort of drone, long (perhaps seemingly interminable)
shots with little dialogue but much beauty, interspersed with a few episodes
(Affleck stuck on a rock, notably). The
minimalist music comes from Arvo Part. There are some stunning sequences here
that can make you feel alive and then, in keeping with the plot (as it is),
some that are more ominous. View this as
an experimental film, if you have the patience, and reap its rewards.
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