Van Sant, Gus

Paranoid Park ( Visual )
30 editions published between 2007 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 585 libraries worldwide
After a young skateboarder accidentally kills a security guard in self-defense with his skateboard at Paranoid Park, he falls into a world of crime, guilt, and fear. He desperately attempts to get out as the investigation into the crime deepens.

Psycho ( Visual )
3 editions published between 1999 and 2000 in English and held by 445 libraries worldwide
"Criminal on the run, Marion Crane (Anne Heche) takes refuge at the motel operated by Norman Bates (Vince Vaughn)--a troubled man whose victims encounter a grisly fate at the hands of his 'mother.' Marion soon becomes the next victim and her disappearance prompts inquiries from her sister (Julianne Moore) and a private investigator (William H. Macy). They both soon discover the morbid bond linking Norman to his mysterious 'mother' at the Bates Motel"--Container label.

Gerry ( Visual )
20 editions published between 2001 and 2009 in English and German and held by 372 libraries worldwide
"A pair of best friends, who've nicknamed each other 'Gerry', set out on a desert hike. But what begins as a simple daytime adventure turns into an intense life-and-death journey that will test the strength of human endurance and ultimately their friendship" -- Container.

Gus Van Sant's last days ( Visual )
3 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 349 libraries worldwide
This film is inspired by the final hours of Kurt Cobain. Blake is a brilliant but troubled musician whose success has left him in a lonely place. The film follows Blake through a handful of hours spent in his wooded home ... a fugitive from his own life.

Paris, je t'aime ( Visual )
4 editions published between 2007 and 2008 in French and held by 341 libraries worldwide
The world's top directors and some of America's top stars create a panoramic portrait of Paris. Find yourself transported by these sexy, romantic, haunting, dramatic, and beautiful stories.

Pink by Gus Van Sant ( Book )
15 editions published between 1997 and 2005 in 4 languages and held by 301 libraries worldwide
"In the town of Sasquatch, Oregon, Spunky Davis, middle-aged maker of infomercials, is trying to find his next assignment, finish the screenplay that he hopes will bring him Hollywood glory, and deal with the death of his friend and favorite infomercial presenter, the teen idol Felix Arroyo. Enter two young aspiring filmmakers, Jack and Matt, whom Spunky finds strangely familiar - especially as Jack bears an uncanny resemblance to the late Felix. But Jack and Matt are not what they appear to be; they are messengers from a dimension beyond time known as Pink, and they invite Spunky to join them on their voyage of transcendence and recovery." "Using every means the printed page offers to tell his tale - a delirious array of voices signified by different typefaces, a flip cartoon that animates the novel's action, footnotes, and drawings - Gus Van Sant turns the novel into an explosively visual experience, a captivating combination of texture and text."--BOOK JACKET.

Mala noche Bad night : if you fuck with the bull you get the horn ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 271 libraries worldwide
The French call it amour fou. Van Sant called it "Death in Venice on Skid Row." Based on an autobiographical story by maverick writer Walt Curtis, set in the seamy backstreets of Portland, Oregon, the film is about Walt, Johnny, and Pepper. Walt is a liquor-store clerk and aspiring writer, Johnny and Pepper are illegal Mexican immigrants. Walt pines for Johnny, who keeps him at arm's length, while Pepper eventually proves not so picky. Walt is a kind of low-rent sugar daddy for the boys, who have come for the American dream. Walt gets more trouble than he bargained for, just one consequence of trying to make pets of creatures that bite.

Even cowgirls get the blues ( Visual )
22 editions published between 1993 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 248 libraries worldwide
The cowgirls on the Rubber Rose Ranch stage a rebellion. Delores Del Ruby leads the uprising, but Sissy Hankshaw provides the spiritual leadership for the ragtag bunch of female bandits.

Elephant ( Visual )
40 editions published between 2003 and 2009 in 6 languages and held by 241 libraries worldwide
Depicts students at a Portland, Oregon high school before and during a tragic school shooting. Follows a young boy who takes over the wheel from his drunken dad while returning from lunch. Then follows another student who crosses paths with the first, then the other of the two boys in camouflage gear, carrying heavy bags, who arrive inside the school and begin shooting. No explaination for the shooting is given, it simply places the audience in the interminable window of adolescences when life is both trivial and painfully important all at the same time.

Even cowgirls get the blues ; My own private Idaho by Gus Van Sant ( Book )
5 editions published between 1994 and 2002 in English and French and held by 208 libraries worldwide
Malgré une silhouette de mannequin et une allure de rêve, Sissy Hankshaw est un monstre : un chromosome facétieux l'a affublée... de puces de 25cm ! Ses parents paniquent, les médecins s'interrogent, mais Sissy s'en moque : c'est décidé, elle deviendra la meilleure auto-stoppeuse des Etats-Unis. Ses puces extraordinaires l'aideront à fuir le coin perdu où elle a grandi.