#48. Paranoid Park
Director/Writer: Gus Van Sant
Producers: David Allen Cress, Charles Gilibert, Nathanaël Karmitz and Neil Kopp (Old Joy)
Distributor: IFC First Take
The Gist: Based on the novel by Blake Nelson, this is set in the world of Portland’s skateboarders, it’s about a teenage kid “who accidentally kills a security guard and has to figure out what to do when police start to investigate the death”.
Fact: Van Sant and Christopher Doyle reunite after having last worked on Psycho.
See It: Continues in the same excellent wave as his past three films: Gerry, Elephant and Last Days (Read review here).
Release Date/Status?: Picked up at Cannes – this is almost one year to the date since it received its premiere. Van Sant fans circle the date of March 7th.
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