GUS VAN SANT AT TIFF FOR "MEMORIES OF IDAHO"

Gus van Sant in Toronto - September 2011

Acclaimed Director Gus Van Sant is at TIFF 2011 with something interesting.  Both he and Milk (which he directed) Star James Franco are teaming together to present a Reassemblage of Van Sant's 1991 Film My Own Private Idaho at TIFF Bell Lightbox.  The Presentation is titled Memories of Idaho.

The Director arrived in Toronto this Afternoon without much to say, but did stop quickly to sign a couple Autographs.  He did seem enamoured however with a Flash Mob taking place at the Airport, bringing a smile to his face.

(Photo credit: Mr. Will-W.)

MADONNA COVERS MAY 2010 ISSUE OF INTERVIEW

Now here's an unlikely match - Madonna gets interviewed by Milk director Gus van Sant on the forthcoming May 2010 issue of Interview Magazine.  She asks him questions about making Milk with ex-husband Sean Penn and he asks her about her fixation on Malawi. The magazine's website hasn't yet posted the interview unfortunately.   Tardy, tardy....  

In the meantime how about that gorgeous photo with the Eye Patch, maybe inspired by Rihanna's 2009 American Music Awards performance? She did say she was a fan of hers... (Photo credit: Interview Magazine/Mert Alas &Marcus Piggott)