Gus with Milo
Photo by Scott Green
Since the 1980s, the filmmaker and artist has turned his lens towards the fringes. He talks to us about relinquishing control, Hollywood reboot culture, and how a Gucci mini-series captured the spirit of his early works. Gus Van Sant has engaged with filmmaking in every which way. He’s had the mainstream Oscar success story with Good Will Hunting, done the Hollywood remake (though not as you know it) with 1998’s Psycho, and directed a career’s worth of compelling indie pictures, Drugstore Cowboy, My Own Private Idaho and Elephant among them.