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Gus Van Sant's new film, Milk , tells the real-life story of Harvey Milk (played in the film by Sean Penn), who became the first openly gay person to be elected to a public office in the United States when he took his post on the San Francisco board of city supervisors in January 1977. ...
REVIEW | A Hero for Our Time: Gus Van Sant's "Milk"
indiewire.com — by Chris Wisniewski (November 25, 2008) "Politics is theater," observes Harvey ( Sean Penn ) in Gus... Van Sant 's terrific " Milk ." And sometimes, of course, theater -- or cinema -- is politics. When they first embarked on this project, Van Sant ... (more) REVIEW | A Hero for Our Time: Gus Van Sant's "Milk"
Mr. Beaks Discusses The Style And Politics Of MILK With Gus Van Sant!
aintitcool.com — In the 2002 edition of THE NEW BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF FILM, critic David Thomson declared, "It's very... hard to know who [Gus] Van Sant is, or what he wants to do." Had Thomson held out for GERRY, he could've easily eliminated one possibility: a ... (more) Mr. Beaks Discusses The Style And Politics Of MILK With ...
MILK and Irony
MILK and Irony
blog.spout.com — Irony held center stage at the press conference for Milk , Gus Van Sant’s passionate biopic about... the first openly gay man elected to higher office in the United States, that took place at The Regency Hotel in Manhattan a little more than two weeks ... (more) MILK and Irony
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Interview. December 08.
GreenCine Daily — ... for the cover; Spike Lee interviews Martin Scorsese; David Cronenberg talks with Charlie Kaufman, Brigitte Lacombe with Christopher Doyle and Wong Kar-wai, Thurston Moore with Spike Jonze (and by the way, the Playlist spots word that Jonze is not only still hard at work on his adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are but also on a doc about Maurice Sendak). Armistead Maupin meets Gus Van Sant, who in turn chats with James Franco. Eddie ...

Gimme Some Link Love, Baby!
Mystery Man on Film — ... talks with Christopher Doyle and Wong Kar-wai. Thurston Moore talks with Spike Jonze (and by the way, the Playlist has word that Jonze is not only still hard at work on his adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are but also on a documentary about Maurice Sendak). Armistead Maupin meets Gus Van ...

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