I would give LAST DAYS 10 if only it were longer--much longer. What about the guys? That's become THE question and will be the question for the next few decades. Gus van Sant knows this and films the question just about better than anyone else. There's Blake, but there's also Luke and Scott--and Luke and Scott together--and we want to know more about them, too. Where are the guys? What are they doing? What are they feeling? How are they feeling? The guys have music, live in it--spirit and body--and that's about all they have these days. And perhaps, more and more, film. Sports and video games--no more. Girls--not enough, any more. Parents? They couldn't care less. Schools? Please! The guys only have each other--Gus van Sant knows that. Blake has neither and that's why he runs out of days, and really still a kid. Luke and Scott at least have each other. This is a brave film. Guys are in-between what they were and what they'll be. van Sant is covering the change. Sad (Blake, inconsolably), beautiful (any of them), unclear (think of Luke's glasses), unsure. But boys--they're still boys--hold the answer to understanding gender, sexuality. I wish the film had gone on and on, there's so much to see about the guys.
