By Romeo San Vicente
Van Sant Visits Paranoid Park
Gay filmmaker Gus Van Sant
has focused some of his most interesting films on disaffected youth,
from the troubled street hustlers of My Own Private Idaho to the
gun-toting suburbanites of Elephant.
With
his latest, Paranoid Park, he delves
 into skate culture,
with a look at a skateboarder (newcomer Gabe Nevins) whose life unravels
after he's involved in the accidental killing of a security guard.
The film comes to the U.S. with an impressive pedigree - the jury at
this year's Cannes Film Festival gave it a special award marking the
festival's 60th anniversary.
(Van Sant is a favorite son at Cannes, having previously snagged the
Palme d'Or for Elephant.)
IFC Films will skate Paranoid Park into theaters before the end
of the year.
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