tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21463545.post202107381395600867..comments2024-03-25T15:38:16.880-07:00Comments on Surrender to the Void: Drugstore Cowboythevoid99http://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21463545.post-64478635579988305272011-08-29T13:51:42.149-07:002011-08-29T13:51:42.149-07:00Thanks. This is one of my favorite Van Sant films...Thanks. This is one of my favorite Van Sant films as well though probably in the top 10 of his work.<br /><br />I have a couple of more Van Sant reviews to put out as I'll release one this week and another next week and hopefully do some work on his shorts and the music videos he's directed. I'm nearly done with my Auteurs essay on Van Sant but I want to wait for the release of <i>Restless</i> later this month.thevoid99https://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21463545.post-1667407424842704182011-08-29T13:20:34.813-07:002011-08-29T13:20:34.813-07:00Finally got round to watching Drugstore Cowboy, an...Finally got round to watching Drugstore Cowboy, and it is safe to say I loved it!<br /><br />You bring up some good points about Van Sant showing these characters as human beings, and not just drug users. That's what annoys me about most drug-related films is that they usually take the moral high ground and preach about how wrong taking drugs is.(Probably why I love Trainspotting so much is that it doesn't do that.)<br /><br />Personally, I found Burroughs pretty hilarious (maybe because he is probably playing himself, but a priest version.)<br /><br />Either way, this film makes me love Gus Van Sant even more than I had done, and you have done a great job writing about it, too.Cherokeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14147334445332458371noreply@blogger.com