Talk:Gus Van Sant

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article must adhere to the policy on biographies of living persons. Controversial material of any kind that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous. If such material is repeatedly inserted or there are other concerns relative to this policy, report it on the living persons biographies noticeboard.

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography. For more information, visit the project page.	Biography Portal
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the Project's quality scale. Please rate the article and then leave a short summary here to explain the ratings and/or to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the article. [FAQ]

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Louisville, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to Louisville on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the Project's quality scale. Please rate the article and then leave a short summary here to explain the ratings and/or to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the article.

This guy is just terrible.. he should choke and die.

I removed the fact of his homosexuality - it's not that I'm trying to censor Wikipedia, I'm just not sure why it would be relevant to his status as a director, let alone important enough to be the 3rd word in the article after his name. if its absolutely necessary that it be included, it should probably be put in later in the article. Whosyourjudas (talk) 05:07, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I know what you mean - I'm gay, and I know that it shouldn't be a major definition of a person. However, I also think that it adds visibility and shows that gay people are everywhere. Let me add that I'm not strongly one way or the other on the issue. Just my thoughts. :-)

I think that soe of his filmography has been left out. I know that Mr. Van Sant directed the music video for Hanson's "Weird" back in 1998. I wouldn't regularly expect to see this under someone's filmography, but there is another music video listed there. Plus it's not a bad video if I do say so myself.

[edit] Guy Ritchie section

I am not sure what the connection to Guy Ritchie is. Not sure what "Wall Street cinematography" is. I removed the word "endlessly" from the language of the comparison. SidP 19:43, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Psycho

How can this article be considered useful without mention of his hubristic remake of Psycho, which earned him tons of critical derision? His reputation never recovered from it.