Gus Van Sant's Constant Thematic and Cinematic Elements
The differences in these films could not be more blatant, and yet Gus Van Sant has found a way to portray the same messages and use the same techniques in each.

The hideous murder of a young woman sparks a deadly obsession to uncover her murderer.
The differences in these films could not be more blatant, and yet Gus Van Sant has found a way to portray the same messages and use the same techniques in each.
After years of silence, trauma, and backlash, Rose McGowan tells her own story in this miniseries.
Telling a story about the French and Indian Wars from the perspective of the British prioritizes the perspective of the colonizers.
“Ad Astra” is a film that possesses similar beats to sci-fi classics, falling into the realm of cinematic hypnotism, and pulling us in with its mysteriously intoxicating identity.
A direct fall into the white savior narrative