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Letterboxd Journal

A Connoisseur of Roads: the lost youth of Gus Van Sant’s My Own Private Idaho at 35

September 29

As Gus Van Sant’s dreamy, wistful road drama turns 35, Ariel LeBeau reflects on the strange beauty of the street-hustler odyssey, which drew heart-wrenching performances out of River Phoenix and…

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