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Getting ready for his close-up….
Sunrise, sunset: Emanuelle Riva and Quevanzhane Wallis
The Portland filmmaker, who contented for Oscars last with "Milk," is back in the award season-mix.
View full sizeGus Van Sant on the set of 2008's "Milk," for which he received an Oscar nomination as best director.
The film stars Matt Damon and John Krasinkski, who co-wrote the script, as well as Frances McDormand, Rosemarie DeWitt, Hal Holbrook and Lucas Black. Van Sant shot it near Pittsburgh. It is not currently scheduled to play at any of the fall's film festivals, which often launch movies into awards season.
Damon and Van Sant previously worked, of course, on 1997's "Good Will Hunting," for which the actor shared a screenwriting Oscar with his friend and co-star Ben Affleck and Van Sant received an Oscar nomination.
Shawn Levy's books include the best-sellers The Castle on Sunset, Rat Pack Confidential, Paul Newman: A Life, King of Comedy: The Life and Art of Jerry Lewis, and Dolce Vita Confidential.
He also wrote and narrated the podcast Glitter & Might. The former film critic of The Oregonian and KGW-TV, he has written for Sight and Sound, Film Comment, American Film, Interview, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Hollywood Reporter, and The Black Rock Beacon. He jumps and claps and sings for victory in Portland, Oregon.
