Gus Van Sant made his first attempt at going mainstream in the black comedy To Die For.
The young cast of Nicole Kidman, Joaquin Phoenix and Casey Affleck boasts three future Oscar winners.
Kidman plays Suzanne Stone who would do anything to become a media star. She is mean spirited and manipulative.
Suzanne has married Larry Maretto (Matt Dillon) who has a family restaurant business and whose father has some mafia links.
When Larry insists that they start a family. Suzanne lures some high school kids through her sex appeal and who are featured in a documentary that she is making to kill Larry.
The film has a mixture of styles such as a mockumentary as the participants speak directly to the camera.
Van Sant wants to take potshots about the media obsessed young people of the 1990s.
As a satire it lacks bite. It is not as funny or as black as it should be. Van Sant went too mainstream. It works better as a showcase for some of its future stars.
The young cast of Nicole Kidman, Joaquin Phoenix and Casey Affleck boasts three future Oscar winners.
Kidman plays Suzanne Stone who would do anything to become a media star. She is mean spirited and manipulative.
Suzanne has married Larry Maretto (Matt Dillon) who has a family restaurant business and whose father has some mafia links.
When Larry insists that they start a family. Suzanne lures some high school kids through her sex appeal and who are featured in a documentary that she is making to kill Larry.
The film has a mixture of styles such as a mockumentary as the participants speak directly to the camera.
Van Sant wants to take potshots about the media obsessed young people of the 1990s.
As a satire it lacks bite. It is not as funny or as black as it should be. Van Sant went too mainstream. It works better as a showcase for some of its future stars.