Talk:Gus Van Sant/Archive 1

Gay
I removed the fact of his homosexuality - it's not that I'm trying to censor Wikipedia, I'm just not sure why it would be relevant to his status as a director, let alone important enough to be the 3rd word in the article after his name. if its absolutely necessary that it be included, it should probably be put in later in the article. Whosyourjudas (talk) 05:07, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)


 * I know what you mean - I'm gay, and I know that it shouldn't be a major definition of a person. However, I also think that it adds visibility and shows that gay people are everywhere. Let me add that I'm not strongly one way or the other on the issue. Just my thoughts. :-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.162.166.143 (talk • contribs) 21:01, February 14, 2006

I disagree. The fact that he is a sodomite shouldn't be covered up. I'm against censorship in all it's forms. Invasion10 13:08, 28 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Sodomite? Do people still say things like this?  By the way, everyone who doesn't have straight missionary sex is technically a sodomite. I say cut out this nasty language or you may be reported to the incident board.  Stevie is the man!  Talk &bull; Work 16:23, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Guy Ritchie section
I am not sure what the connection to Guy Ritchie is. Not sure what "Wall Street cinematography" is. I removed the word "endlessly" from the language of the comparison. SidP 19:43, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Filmography
I think that soe of his filmography has been left out. I know that Mr. Van Sant directed the music video for Hanson's "Weird" back in 1998. I wouldn't regularly expect to see this under someone's filmography, but there is another music video listed there. Plus it's not a bad video if I do say so myself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.64.131.130 (talk • contribs) 21:29, June 8, 2006

The "Feature Films" section lists "Mala Noche" as being from 1985. The "mouse over"-effect there says: "MN is a 1986 drama...". The Wiki page on MN says "This article is about the 1988 film. Mala Noche (also known as Bad Night) is a 1986 American drama film". That's slightly confusing. Is that a mixture of "made in", "released in" and "distributed in"?

POV
This article is permeated with point-of-view problems. I think it needs to be flagged for its subjective language favoring Van Sant, but I don't know how to do that. Blueclare 05:46, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanksgiving Prayer
The film "Thanksgiving prayer" of 1991 is not the same film as the link points to. The "Thanksgiving prayer" by Gus Van Sant is a filmed reading by William S. Burroughs, not a song by Jimmy Stewart. I have no idea how to edit the movie list at the bottom, but some editor can fix it I hope. See for more information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.226.216.118 (talk • contribs) 02:04, April 12, 2007

Cannes
Why are the Canne's awards left out of the awards section under his photograph? I mean, he won the Palm d'Or AND Best Director for Elephant... that's a bit bigger than a Cesar nomination in my opinion (even an academy award nomination really...). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.200.169.230 (talk • contribs) 01:58, May 3, 2007

Biography assessment rating comment
Although the article received a B biography rating, the article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Jreferee 18:43, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:To die for imp.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:30, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Place of Residence
I'm fairly certian that Mr. Van Sant lives in Lake Oswego, Oregon, not Portland, Oregon, as the wiki indicates... but, im not changing it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.236.199.230 (talk) 23:55, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Imagine what Wikipedia would be like if people added anything they were 'fairly certain' of. 210.49.216.238 (talk) 23:58, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Middle name
Green or Greene ? This article uses both. -- Beardo (talk) 17:27, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

General Cleanup Needed
This article is written with lots of POV and very few citations. It needs to be less journalistic and more encyclopedic - wish I had time to fix even the big problems ("Erin said..." - without even identifying Erin??). An expert would have better access to cites. 98.232.58.2 (talk) 22:10, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * The Erin bit was simply vandalism. I've removed it. Katr67 (talk) 06:45, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Inline citations
I am continuing the process of adding much-needed citations to this article; it seems that, due to Van Sant's status, it is fairly straightforward to find appropriate citations for him.--Soulparadox (talk) 01:31, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Clean up still needed
Two notes have been left on this Talk page calling for a clean up of the article. It does lack cites for many sections. As the director is very well know, it should not be hard to verify many of the statements. I'll work through it, but help would be appreciated. 79616gr (talk) 15:23, 9 September 2015 (UTC)