Gerry (Gus Van Sant) - 'a walk in the desert' scene

[JohnRichard1991still]

There should be a fucking sequel to this movie.

Gerry 2: Even loster

Oh, and have it be a 3.5 hour movie.

[AandR1408]

Most boring movie ever made.

[MegaOrwell1984]

Well on the bright side, if you have insomia or just having trouble falling asleep, and you don't have sleeping pills, this movie willl probably help.

[closedmouth]

my favourite scene of any movie ever

[debluemonkey]

Sorry, I left the lens cap on and now we'll have to shoot the whole thing again!

[asdeaff]

I recognise this......it`s my commute to work.

You get the picture, it was the wrong bloody type of sun last week and they cancelled my train!

[Keignat]

I like the part where they're walking in the desert

[yumeyouphotography]

There is only ever one Gerry, but two personalities. One personality dies.

[DianeeCookiee]

this is so stupid. they're just walking in the desert. i know that it's supposed to be symbolic for human struggle against nature but this is not entertaining. someone please explain.

[IRBucephalus]

@DianeeCookiee I don't know how you got that this scene is symbolizing human struggle against nature, but I don't think it's about that. I think the scene is trying to set the viewer for the same sense of despair as the characters are in.

[SandBathroom]

@IRBucephalus that's a good interpretation too. glad you didn't just flame me like most of the people on YouTube and actually gave a smart response.

[SandBathroom]

@IRBucephalus oh, i was using my sister's name. my actual account is sandbathroom

[Sewblon]

Holding the same shot for seven minutes is bad film making.

[bboymaggie]

@Sewblon hehe, no it's bold film making, and who are you to decide?

-hm? thought so.

[wannabefilms]

@Sewblon No, it's not. Kubrick would have done the same thing....HAPPILY....and with genuine intent.

[STEPHMJN]

the crew waited for the right moment to play with the raising sun

[orazioblur89]

incredible!!

[estario]

the music is scary

[vijaypush]

magnifique

[penlikker]

I`m sorry, but i dont understand this shit. Its people walking in the desert. for 7 minutes.

Do i have to get high to enjoy this shit?

[Brehserman]

No dude. This is one the rare movies where it gets even worse when you're high. This film is a metaphor for Gus van Sant taking a crap, and nothing else.

[Sean2046]

@penlikker, nope just watching it gets me high.. a cinematic high =)

[bradshawvincent]

its like a metaphor for life...we start of strong and healthy and were fucked by the end!

[professionallynasty]

Love the sounds

[nikethekid]

BEST BOURNE MOVIE EVER!

[Majorvw123]

I don't know, I like the other bourne movie's better cause they were slower paced, less like over the top violence. this one had way too much action and fighting

[estario]

rofl

[twins1729]

This movie is the best movie ever, that's also the most boring. LOL

Someone should make a video of all the stuff that actually HAPPENS in it, it'll probably be like 5 minutes long. LOL

Okay, I'm exaggerating. I kid. I kid.

[MrMollergui]

Excelente resumen de la película. Ojo!

destripa algunas partes de la película XD

[SDKfilmproduction]

"I think it's the longest scene ever."

Andy Warhol's "Empire" is a 7 hour long unbroken shot of the Empire State Building. For non-experimental films Sokurov's 2002 film "Russian Ark" is also a film that is one unbroken shot (about 90 min I believe) which also features thousands of extras and a plot involving time travel. (!) I'm sure there are longer shots than this in "Satantango" and "Werckmeister Harmonies."

But it might be one of the *best* shots ever.

[530aftescho]

tod315, this scene.........is...AWESOME....­..

[LovelessSeime]

MAJOR SPOILOR WARING!!!!

QUESTION FOR THOSE WHO HAVE WATCHED THE MOVIE:

Why does Gerry kill the other Gerry at the end of the movie? Does Gerry kill the other Gerry out of the other Gerry's request? When Gerry says "I'm leaving," is he basically asking Gerry to kill him?

[tod315]

I don't think he kills him. It seemed Gerry dies from starving or something.

[LovelessSeime]

But at the end, one Gerry puts his hands around the other Gerry's neck, and you hear choking sounds.

[tod315]

maybe a last hug..

[LovelessSeime]

Yeah, maybe, I never thought of it that way.

[Meuric]

@tod315 well my interpretation of the film is : it's about going from one "state" to another. I think there's only one Gerry, the 1st who is pretty weak (Casey Affleck) and the one he becomes (Matt Damon). In this trial, being lost in the desert, the first Gerry become the second. Ok, it's an interpretation. Also you can take a look to Elephant, Last Days (why not Milk) : there are similar scenes : one killer shooting the other, men "hugging" like the Gerries (kissing in fact). Great movies imo!

[Nanotech92]

@tod315 He asked him to kill him

[ReminiscenceHr]

@tod315 He dies. Gerry kills him. I think that the reason is simple irritation and madness that builds up during the walk. You can see first that "Gerry" that said childishly "I'm leaving" is putting his hands on Damon (He is a "spoiled" Gerry, a "weak" Gerry - he also cries a couple of times during the film.) maybe with intention to kill him first, but he is too weak, and Damon (the mature Gerry) succeeds in overcoming him. The film is powerful in so many ways.

[Nintendorks12345]

Actually, he was trying to put the other Gerry out of his misery and give him a quicker death.

[LovelessSeime]

Yeah, that's what I thought, which is sad since they were soooo close to the road, they just didn't realize it.

[twins1729]

That's what I thought.

[anthonyabraira]

@LovelessSeime — the movie as a whole is a meditation on the human spirit. The willingness to exist. Matt represents the blossoming adult individual while Casey depicts the child nature to be spoiled and guided. When he says, "I am leaving." I take it as a cue that Matt Damon has decided to relinquish his naiveties and therefore destroy the idealism of being saved, and being the adult saving itself with full spirit. It's a sort of "shedding the baggage scene." Just what I got from it.

[orionjoseph]

@LovelessSeime it symbolizes their love for eachother. it may not be homosexual love, but it is love in the sense that one person can trust another person so much, that when they fear death, they can turn to that person for reliance, and that person will carry out death for them, so they don't have to struggle, or suffer. the story that this is based off of says that both men were incredible friends, and never fought, so maybe it's a symbol of their companionship?

[marcoklaue]

@LovelessSeime I'm pretty sure he doesn't kill him. One Gerry collapses and dies, and the other Gerry, realizing that he's dead (or dying), gives him a hug and starts sobbing (choking sounds).

[marcoklaue]

@LovelessSeime Actually, watching it again, yes it does seem that he strangles him. I hadn't seen it that way when I first saw the movie.

[aymericism2]

@LovelessSeime I Think he kills him but whats really important is, on one hand that he kills him because hes dragging im down, hes weak and hes giving up when the other wants to find a way out so he leaves the other one to his fate by killing him. its a metaphore. On the other hands its obvious that this is not clear and you never know if they're hugging/loving each other or if they're havinf dead fight. Love, sex and death are linked and homosexuality is here too. Anyways this is my mind.

[senechuss]

@LovelessSeime The 2nd Gerry seems like to ask to the first gerry to kill him, he can't walk anymore so he prefer to die.

[dustdust7]

@LovelessSeime

there is only one gerry. gerry has to kill his weak side to get back home.

[gokinsmen]

The film "Russian Ark" is 90+ minutes long -- all one shot.

[FrankDFilme]

...and the movie "Timecode" are 4 90-minutes-shots who are all seen at one screen (splittscreen, you know?)

[SolerBros]

5* ;-)

[sergeflousier]

This scene is incredible. Magnificent. I love this movie.

You'll find other 6minuts or even longer uncut-scenes in "Children of Men", absolutely beautyfull too.

[CeramicVideo]

Where do I find these scenes?!

[sergeflousier]

Buy the movie :)

[uilliamgaelpict]

i came across this movie by accident.....very powerful,one of my all time favorites,.......i dont say that lightly :)

[sisq14]

When I first heard the background soundtrack I thought it had also been done by Arvo Part. It is totally in sync with the various versions of Part's "Spiegel im Spiegel" in the rest of the film. Absolutely haunting !!

[pertinentidea]

one of the best shots in the film and one of the most powerful i have ever seen.