Gus van Sant's Favorite Films

Part of me believes in anonymous art. I got that from a writer named Jamake Highwater, who wrote about painting before the Renaissance. The way people related to art in, say, ancient Greece. How it was about the community for the community and not the self-expression of the artist. I thought of Good Will Hunting and Finding Forrester as doing it for the people, and wanted to speak without the hindrance of my own style. I'm not sure if that's possible, but it was my rationale. - Gus van Sant

Sources: Gus van Sant chose Kids, Citizen Kane, Sunrise, and Broken Blossoms for Time Out: Director's Choice. The list is no longer on TimeOut.com. He gave spots #1-7 to the film Kids.
Newsweek - Gus Van Sant chose five films including Sunrise.

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