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Have A Nice Day
An interesting film that looks at the lives of two street kids and their travels to find a true home and adoration. The cast is wonderful with River Phoenix (Mike) giving a heartbreaking performance as a nomad in search of his mother, and the deep longing for love and acceptance from a slumming rich kid, Scott (Keanu Reeves). The direction is mellow and passive in rich oranges and pastels with shots framed on the subject matter in bare form. The film never bows down to a perfect ending nor does it make victims or violators of the characters. It was a breakthrough art film that has aged well and avoided stereotypes immersing itself in the human characteristics everyone shares.
Captures the Bonds and Betrayals of Youth
Influenced by European observational filmmakers like Antonioni and Bela Tarr and the elastic conventions of the American 'road movie,' Gus Van Sant represented the cinematic side of the artistic zeitgeist sweeping the Pacific Northwest in the early nineties. While later films like 'Even Cowgirls...' and 'Gerry' caught aspects of his typically offbeat humor and poetic style, 'Idaho' is his peak, with the late River Phoenix rising to the challenge of the role of Mike the narcoleptic hustler with a remarkably intuitive and vulnerable performance. Keanu Reeves has less of the burden as his fellow hustler and best friend Scott, but his silences communicate each step in the gradual breakdown of their friendship quite eloquently. A movie to watch when you think of the friends you couldn't wait to see after summer breaks, and how it all eventually evaporated.
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