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)

Other Notable Items

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The Hollywood Food Coalition

Cassian Elwes

Veronica Raedelli

Sam Pressman 

Luigi Mangione

Austin Kolodney

Cary Elwes

Stan Brakhage

Béla Tarr

Chantal Akerman

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

TFH Guru John Landis

Al Pacino

William Friedkin

Bill Skarsgaard

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