Sometimes pairings are so strange they just might work. Who would have thought sweet and sour could combine to make such a tasty Asian sauce? So what sort of film we will see with the combination of writer/director Gus Van Sant (pictured left) and cult novelist Brett Easton Ellis? Van Sant is known for a mix of engaging dramas (Good Will Hunting) and pretentious experimentations (Gerry), while Ellis is the oddball responsible for the darkly comic novel American Psycho and the socially critical Less Than Zero, both adapted already into films. And together they are working on an adaptation of a Vanity Fair article.
The article, entitled “Golden Suicides”, concerns New York artists Theresa Duncan and Jeremy Blake who separately commited suicide in 2007, after growing increasingly paranoid that they were being followed by Scientologists. Last year Ellis agreed to write a script but now Van Sant has come aboard as consultant and possible director. It’s great to see these two big names attached to the project. It’s also worth noting that when Van Sant deals with true stories, like Elephant (loosely based on the Columbine killings) and the biopic of Milk, he makes something very special.
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