Artist.......: VA
Album........: Paranoid Park (OST)
Label........: Uncivilized World
Genre........: Soundtrack
Catnr........: n/a
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: nov.-28-2007
str.date.....: oct-00-2007
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: http://www.paranoidpark-lefilm.com/
track title time
01. nino rota - la gradisca e il principe 02:26
02. elliot smith - angeles 02:55
03. elliot smith - the white lady loves you 02:25
more
04. nino rota - il giardino delle fate 02:13
05. billy swan - i can help 04:00
06. henry davies - tunnelmouth blues 03:11
07. cast king - outlaw 04:08
08. menomena - strongest man in the world 05:38
09. cool nutz - i heard that 04:00
10. nino rota - la porticina segreta 01:52
11. the revolts - we will revolt 01:58
12. nino rota - l'arcobaleno per giulietta 01:23
13. beethoven - symphony n░9 choral, 4. presto 03:21
14. ethan rose - song one 04:05
15. robert normandeau - la chambre blanche 04:00
16. frances white - walk through resonant 03:45
landscape n░2
Runtime 51:20 min
Size 65,7 MB
Release Notes:
Former Palme dÆOr winner Gus Van Sant returns to
the main competition at Cannes this year with a
film which bears some similarities with his 2003
prize-winner, Elephant. A similarly photogenic teen
milieu is shot with fluid, graceful camerawork; a
non-linear structure slots together like a puzzle
to reveal the panicked mindset of a boy under a
great deal of stress.
Adapted from the Portland, Oregon-set novel by
Blake Nelson, the film tells of a horrific fatal
accident from the point of view of the teenager who
caused it and who is struggling to come to terms
with his culpability and guilt. Alex (Gabe Nevins)
at first comes across as an archetypal floppy
monotonal adolescent. ThereÆs a skateboard
permanently grafted to his feet, and a vacant
expression on his face. He peers through his fringe
like some kind of shy woodland creature. But his
shell-shocked demeanour conceals an inner turmoil
with which heÆs ill-equipped to cope. Alex was out
of his depth even before he accidentally caused the
death of a rail yard security man û a tentative
presence loitering on the fringes of the hard core,
outlaw skater community, heÆs like the playground
loner who wants to hang out with the big kids.
Like many of the cast members, Nevins is a
non-professional actor û Van Sant apparently
recruited much of his cast through MySpace. And
while NevinsÆ underplayed approach to the mute,
miserable realisation of the mess his character is
in is rather effective, some of the other
non-professionals are less successful. Not all of
the non-actors are unknown however. AlexÆs father
is played in a cameo appearance by professional
skateboarder Jay æSmayÆ Williamson, and his uncle
is played by cinematographer Christopher Doyle,
whose appearance on screen caused a ripple of
amusement in the Cannes audience.
DoyleÆs main contribution to the film is from
behind the camera, however. ItÆs a
characteristically handsome piece of work, shot on
both 35mm and, for the skating footage, on Super 8.
ThereÆs perhaps a little too much of that Doyle
trademark from his Wong Kar Wai collaborations, the
languid slow motion sequence, for example. But for
the most part, Doyle contributes a lot to this
atmospheric mood piece without, as can be the case
with some of his recent projects, creatively
dominating the film.
Van SantÆs soundtrack choices are beyond eclectic,
veering chaotically from thrash metal to classical,
country and western to orchestral jazz. ItÆs as if
he chose them using his Ipod shuffle, but the sheer
unpredictability brings an interesting dimension to
the film. ItÆs a device which deliberately
unbalances the audience.
It is worth mentioning that this is the first film
in the festival which addresses the war in Iraq,
albeit through an abortive attempt at a debate
between one politically motivated teen with a
rather more apathetic friend. ItÆs not going to
appease the critics who wonder why cinema has been
largely silent on a issue which has dominated the
news for the last four years, but itÆs a start.