Homo Arigato

MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO

Directed by Gus Van Sant

USA, 1991, 1h 44min, 35mm

Homo Arigato

There are no current or future screenings planned for this film.

Gus Van Sant’s landmark film of the New Queer Cinema movement chronicles the lives of two street hustlers, played by River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves. In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Henry IV,” Mike Waters (River Phoenix) is a gay hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor (Keanu Reeves) is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy in a quest to find Mike’s estranged mother. Along the way they turn tricks for money and drugs, eventually attracting the attention of a wealthy benefactor and sexual deviant. In 35mm.

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