Movie

My Own Private River

2012 · 101 min

A drifting, elegiac collage of unused footage that feels like a mournful meditation on a lost actor and a vanished youth.

Overview: Unused footage from Gus Van Sant's 1991 film My Own Private Idaho is re-contextualized in James Franco's tribute to River Phoenix.
How it feels: Melancholic, eerie, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Identity, isolation, memory, loneliness
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
memory
loneliness
art
Places: road trip
countryside
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
documentary
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild