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| Gerry |
This existential 'buddy' movie begins with a bravura opening sequence that is audaciously Beckett-like in its deliberate lack of narrative exposition, setting the tone for the film to come.
The two Gerrys (Matt Damon and Casey Affleck) make cryptic references to "the thing" they are striving towards on a wilderness trail, then change their minds and lose their way in an increasingly sparse and foreboding landscape.
Van Sant 'regulars' Harris Savidis (cinematography) and Leslie Shatz (sound design) add immeasurably to the texture of the film, particularly as the characters' perceptions give way to hallucinatory abstractions.
"Could well be Van Sant's masterpiece"
San Francisco Examiner
