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.
Pleasure Island (2003)
Gavin Headley is a sexologist whose sexual desires have extinguished completely. His unsatisfied wife, who is unfaithful to him with friends and colleagues, is planning of belittling him on an international level by writing a biography. Gavin discovers his wife with one of her lovers and decides to go and think the situation out on the island of Ischia, where he meet Nirvana, who will get him back to being a great lover once again.
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Gavin Headley is a sexologist whose sexual desires have extinguished completely. His unsatisfied wife, who is unfaithful to him with friends and colleagues, is planning of belittling him on an international level by writing a biography. Gavin discovers his wife with one of her lovers and decides to go and think the situation out on the island of Ischia, where he meet Nirvana, who will get him back to being a great lover once again.
Rating:NC-17
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In Theaters:3/31/2003
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Runtime:94 minutes
Studio:Private
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