My Own Private Idaho

(1991) dir Gus Van Sant w/River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, William Richert, Udo Kier [104 min; 35mm] 
A strange, anarchic film that weaves together the story of a narcoleptic hustler (Rivers) with Shakespeare’s Henry IV. Visually dazzling and thematically groundbreaking, MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO is a deeply moving look at unrequited love and life on society’s margins.