These two novels have both been made into films. "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" is an epic of cowgirls, FBI agents and ecstatic whooping. "My Own Private Idaho" charts the pilgrimage of a narcoleptic hustler who is searching for his long-lost mother in a world absent of love.
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Gus Van Sant is fascinated by fanaticism and the isolated societies that fanatics create. My Own Private Idaho, loosely based on Shakespeare's Henry IV plays, is perhaps the most critically acclaimed of his films. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, adapted from the Tom Robbins novel, did not fare well at the box office, but the version printed here is not the one seen in theatres. It is Van Sant's original draft, the cut he had to pare down for general distribution. Rejecting traditional technical markings, dotted by his own personal notes and comments, Van Sant's screenplays are essential companions to his finished films.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Published with the "completist" fan in mind.,
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This review is from: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues/My Own Private Idaho/2 Screen Plays in 1 Volume (Paperback)
I'm a little agog at other Amazon reviewers of this title. They seem to be reviewing the film version of "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" rather than its original Van Sant screenplay or even the second screenplay in the book. Why would you want to buy this title? I bought it because I enjoy Van Sant's films and because I'm an unabashed River Phoenix fan. So, if you, like me, are simply a fan, you will enjoy this title. You will enjoy reading Van Sant's markings as well as his discussion of how the screenplays developed and why he writes as he does. You will enjoy remembering the films as you read the words and marvel at the differences between origin and finished project. You'll lament at what was lost to Hollywood convention, and you'll nod wisely at what was changed to make the film evolve. No need to get this is you are simply a Tom Robbins fan. You want this if you know your Van Sant.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Read the Novel,
By Harley Quinn (Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues/My Own Private Idaho/2 Screen Plays in 1 Volume (Paperback)
This volume, suitable only for serious Gus Van Sant fans, contains the original script text for the disasterous movie of the fine Tom Robbins novel. The script adaptation drags and completly loses the counterculture spirit of the novel. Unless you are a film student, skip this and read the novel while listening to k.d. lang's excellent film score.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Wrong, wrong, wrong.,
By Lana Mark (Oregon) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues/My Own Private Idaho/2 Screen Plays in 1 Volume (Paperback)
Sometimes you just watch a film that drags so painfully it hurts your heart. Tom Robbin's book is by far one of the best i've ever read---none of what made that book so phenomenal was even attempted to be recreated in the film. And what's with Keanu Reeves? TEDIOUS, man.
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