Mala noche is the film debut from director gus van sant. The former being a personal favorite of the mala noche staff for its unwavering satirical take on the youthful decadence of spring break in america. Video made by me from some scenes of the movie mala noche gus van sant, 1985. It marked gus van sant s directorial film debut, and stars tim streeter, doug cooeyate, ray monge, and nyla mccarthy. Best film buenos aires international festival of independent cinema 2016 read more. Set in van sants hometown of portland, oregon, the film evokes a world of transient workers, deadend dayshifters, and bars and seedy apartments bathed in a profound nighttime, as it follows a romantic deadbeat with a. The first thing that strikes you about mala noche is the raw, beautiful cinematographya highcontrast blackandwhite that captures the gutters of portland, or, like the setting of a longlost film noir. The gorgeously gritty debut film from gus van sant drugstore cowboy, good will hunting, milk, set in portland, oregon, and based on the autobiographical novel by beat poet walt curtis. The film was shot in 16 mm with blackandwhite at portland, oregon. Gay portland, oregon store clerk tim streeter eyes illegal mexican teen doug cooeyate.
Mala noche also known as bad night is a 1985 american drama film written and directed by gus van sant, based on an autobiographical novel by the oregon poet walt curtis. The film portrays the unanswered love of an american man toward a young mexican man. The film is the tale of the onesided love affair between. He had one of the most striking first acts in contemporary american cinema. With its low budget and lush blackandwhite imagery, gus van sants debut feature mala noche heralded an idiosyncratic, provocative new voice in american independent film.
Campbell in mala noche 1986 doug cooeyate in mala noche 1986. Set in van sants hometown of portland, oregon, the film evokes a world of transient workers, deadend dayshifters, and bars and seedy apartments bathed in a profound nighttime, as it follows a romantic deadbeat with a wayward crush on a handsome mexican immigrant. The first feature from acclaimed director gus van sant drugstore cowboy, last days, mala noche is a hauntingly beautiful blackandwhite meditation on lust, love, obsession, and class. Set on the dark, rainsoaked streets of downtown portland, walt tim streeter, a gay liquor store clerk, becomes obsessed with johnny doug cooeyate, a handsome young mexican illegal immigrant. Mala noche 1986 webrip xvid mp3xvid uploadgig downloads. Mala noche is a low budget, grainy black and white film from 1986 by the estimable director gus van sant and has been considered important enough to include in the criterion collection.
Mala noche is the first feature film by gus van sant. The film shows several stories of the transgender community in puerto rico, including april carrion, wellknown drag queen who participated in the reality show rupauls drag race. Mala mala also includes the historic victory of the lgbt. Mala noches original trailer boasts that it is a story of power, sex, money, and death. Mala noche 1985, his first featurelength film, centres on a drugstore clerk obsessed with a young mexican immigrant. Stuck behind the cash register of a convenience store in portlands skid row, young walt tim streeter becomes infatuated with johnny doug cooeyate, a mexican teenager and. Gus van sant 1952, louisville, usa took film classes at the rhode island school of design before he focused attention on himself with mala noche and drugstore cowboy. It was shot entirely on location in portland, oregon. However, the object of his unrequited affection doesnt even speak any.
Gus van sant iffr international film festival rotterdam. In 1984 film director gus van sant drugstore cowboy and good will hunting began his career with a small, blackandwhite independent movie called mala noche. With tim streeter, doug cooeyate, ray monge, nyla mccarthy. The theme of homosexual love apparent in the story would manifest with varying degrees of. Van sants film, a gritty look at a gay mans relationship to latino teenagers in portland, oregons little mexico, was based on a novella by walt curtis, a street poet with a cult following among experimental writers and audiences. Despite the fact that mala noche 1987 was a hit on the festival circuit. Music by the thrills last night i dreamt that somebody loved me.
Watch on ios, android, apple tv, roku, and chromecast. Born in 1952 in louisville, kentucky, van sant kicked off his filmmaking career with the microbudget, blackandwhite mala noche 1985, a major preamble to the new queer cinema. Share this film share on facebook share on twitter. Walt is madly in lovelust with a young illegal mexican immigrant.
However, the object of his unrequited affection doesnt even speak any english and finds walt really strange and undesirable. His next feature, drugstore cowboy 1989, firmly established him as an indie maverick, a reputation he would fulfill with his followup, the river. While it is based on a true story by portland writer walt curtis, van sant is responsible for the screen play as well as the direction and editing of this. Mala noche was an important prelude to the new queer cinema of the nineties and is a fascinating capsule from a time and place that continues to haunt its directors work.
Mala mala is a highly entertaining emotional documentary that takes the audience from the seedy nightlife, and ultimately onto the steps of the state capital in a rousing upbeat finale. Based on portland poet walt curtis autobiographical novella, mala noche impressed both european and american critics and quickly established van sant as an important new voice in independent cinema. His films typically deal with themes of marginalized subcultures, in particular homosexuality. In einem verschlafenen nest in oregon lebt walt walt curtis, ein junger mann.
The beach bum seems like a movie that just by existing, proves there truly are such things as miracles in the film world. Mala noche ist ein usamerikanisches filmdrama aus dem jahr 1985. This will not play on most dvd players sold in the u. During the twenty three years between mala noche and milk, gus van sant made two other films that were quite above. Tim streeter stars as walt, the manager of a seedy liquor store in portland, or. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime at opensubtitles. Next, youll be struck that the narrator, a convenience clerk named walt tim streeter, rhapsodizes about his love for a young mexican. Set in director gus van sants hometown of portland, oregon, the film evokes a world of transient workers, deadend dayshifters, and bars and seedy. Mala noche 1986 ganzer film deutsch hd filme online. For heterosexuals of the emmanuelle bent, van sants closeup cruising of male torsos may have only ethnographic interest. Mala noche also known as bad night is a 1986 american drama film based on walt curtis autobiographical novel.
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