GUS VAN SANT | Portrait | LaunchLeft Podcast

Rain and Summer Phoenix sit down with legendary filmmaker and academy award winning director Gus Van Sant. In this intriguing interview they discuss how he recruited Elliott Smith to provide music for Good Will Hunting and how it became a launchpad for the late prolific artist. They also touch upon other topics like making it in the music industry and the idea of "selling out".
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[@muuuzaklistener]

happy to see that elliott is still the topic of conversations in 2019. i hope he's never forgotten.

[@closetolastt8922]

Did you know that everytime a Phoenix says something that makes sense a fairy gets its wings.. or something. Thanks for this ladies, and gus.

[@SaintMartins]

You won me over with the unique cinematography.💖Window reflections, no close ups of faces, only feet and the voices of beautiful, artistic people.

[@544CampStreet]

Love Elliott and especially the doc Strange Parallel. Robot hand is the future.

[@konundrum3678]

6:00 dirty glass filter.........cool

[@sashabrown1796]

Gus is the sweetest man.

[@xposephantom2741]

Thanks for this !

[@LaunchLeft]

💯

[@nathalia3793]

this is amazing, i love it

[@christinamock7264]

Please talk with The Growlers ✨

[@LukeHelmsworth]

Even Some Homeboys Dig The Rain.. Wow. Nevertheless, good shit and y'all off to a grrreat start. Essentially your fam' is real hippie royalty, please consider my gibberish a compliment and a little light from a heavy heart. Well done.

[@Awesomemusic19]

Wait... Phoenixes talking about Elliott Smith? 🤯

[@MadameiMercyJeanX__]

+ « Great Interview & Nice Place » !!!!!! 100% X3

[@sashabrown1796]

Does the current generation even care about selling out? I feel like it was a concern and a concept for children of the late 60's to the early 90's. Something about the tech revolution, and the way we distribute music/art now has created a shift in thinking about the purpose of cultural production.

[@sashabrown1796]

@ThatDamnScottishGuy But do people care anymore? Like at one point it was considered q moral and artistic failing to sell out.

[@idontknowoffiser]

@@sashabrown1796 I think when people sell out their product becomes worse. People care when the product is bad.

[@LaunchLeft]

​@@sashabrown1796LaunchLeft believes it's all about your motivation...

[@sashabrown1796]

@@LaunchLeft No matter what, heart, passion, and artistic integrity tend to show themselves for sure. :)

[@riffraffrichard]

Yeah it feels like art is in the box as soon as it starts, no incubation period for it to grow without being watched but there will always be creativity. The thing thats heavy is how quickly its usurped by money and filtered back into the commerce machine. I think art has a spiritual nature thats purer when not channelled in commerce.

[@nanoghg]

Such pretentious angles for such a simple FFS