Show Notes
We've got auteur royalty on The Movies That Made Me today! The one and only GUS VAN SANT joins hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to talk about, yes, the movies that made him!
Show Notes:
Movies Referenced In This Episode
Dead Man’s Wire (2026)
Song Sung Blue (2025)
The Princess Bride (1987)
Burying The Ex (2014)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Sátántangó (1994)
The Turin Horse (2011)
Elephant (2004)
Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
Gerry (2002)
Last Days (2005)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Third Man (1949)
The Celebration (1998)
8 ½ (1963)
The Last of England (1987)
Jubilee (1978)
Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
Mala Noche (1985)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Fail-Safe (1964)
House of Dynamite (2025)
Lord of the Flies (1963)
The Plague (2025)
Whistle (2026)
The Nun (2018)
The Groove Tube (1974)
Modern Problems (1981)
Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
To Die For (1995)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
The Boys in the Band (1970)
Staircase (1969)
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Sight and Sound
The Criterion Collection
Matt Damon
Casey Affleck
John Cassavettes
HBO
Diane Keaton
Woody Allen
Colin Callender
David Lean
Carol Reed
The Screen Actors Guild
Sergio Leone
Thomas Vinterberg
Lars von Trier
Dogme 95
Focus Features
Barry Diller
Harris Savides
Our Paprika Steen podcast episode
Federico Fellini
Anthony Quinn
Richard Basehart
Robert Altman
Derek Jarman
Stanley Kubrick
John F. Kennedy
Netflix
Peter Brook
The Tower East Theatre in New York
Lord of the Flies novel
Adam Sandler
Ken Shapiro
Chevy Chase
Lane Sarasohn
Tom Schiller
The Smothers Brothers
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Al Pacino
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