My Own Private Idaho was a pivotal role in his career. His portrayal is riveting, and it’s difficult to tell if he is acting. River is the height of vulnerability and never is that more palpable.
A tale of loss, abandonment, and the tenuous balance that comes with walking a hard life on the line between life and death. The end result is a moving film which portrays the vulnerability that was River.
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While Van Sant’s movie works within a combination of stilted Shakespearean dialogue and scenes with a merry band of ruffians, Franco’s version cuts these story-lines away. You can see the “lost” scenes in “My Own Private River” when actor-director James Franco took the cut footage and remade it into a tribute film for the beloved actor. Most of the hard drug use and hustling scenes were cut from the original movie. River, in particular, immersed himself in the role. Street scenes and interviews shot inside the diner look realistic because they merged real interviews with footage shot with local street hustlers. They interviewed prostitutes and experimented with drugs. įriend Matt Ebert explains their method of research for the film. Even by his own account, the role took a toll on him. Most accounts claim he his drug use became more than recreational after his role in My Own Private Idaho. Or he was as an addict who was hiding his habit from everyone and struggling to get clean and keep the image above. Vegan, environmentalist, innocence, a Golden Boy with natural talent. He had two camps: River was squeaky clean and did not do drugs. They do not want an investigation reflecting back upon their own activities. Famous people die when people around them are hesitant to call for help, especially when drugs are involved. A double standard exists with the intention to keep public reputations intact. A barrier that enables a person to stay unaccountable, and difficult to confront. By the time an ambulance arrived, his soul no longer rested on the gum encrusted sidewalk. River Phoenix died of an acute overdose for about an hour while in the presence of a crowd of people, including his family, his girlfriend, and his friends. Records of that night, don’t match the stories. The last era where re-creating the truth to fit a constructed narrative was still possible in a time when electric typewriters, landlines, copy machines, 35mm film, and paper files were standard.Ĭonflicting stories abound of the night in question. The last era of privacy before cell phones and social media changed our lives forever. Rockstars were on top of the pile in Hollywood’s glamour machine, with Movies Stars and Super Models on their arms, and stepping out with the wealthy children of the old school Hollywood elites, friends, and hangers-on. The underground was yanked from your friend’s mom’s basement and given multi-million dollar deals. Dynamic shifts in relevant music brought a whole new level of wealth and influence to a different generation. Young Hollywood in the 90s was a landscape of excess.
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How could River who always radiated a pure nature and innocence, so full of genuine spirit, unbefitting of Hollywood die of a drug overdose in an unlikely self-destructive fashion? The media took the usual liberties of using sensationalism to sell their stories and certain rumors have never rested. People close to the incident refused to speak, which produced a vague police report. An enigma remains because his death was never properly investigated.
Reports vary on his drinking, use of speed, and hiding a heroin habit for example. It’s taken 25 years for the media to report the method of drug ingestion accurately, yet they continue with falsehoods. His death has never been adequately folded away into the drawer of explanations.
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