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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues/My Own Private Idaho/2 Screen Plays in 1 Volume

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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.

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.

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.