As they hike through the dense forest, they stumble upon a dead deer. Rather than leaving it to nature, they decide to drag it back to their campsite, intending to eat it for dinner. However, their actions are soon disrupted by a man (played by Gary Brown) who seems to be stalking them.
The production of Gerry was deliberately punishing. Van Sant gave Damon and Affleck a 35-page outline, not a script. Most of the dialogue was improvised on location in Argentina and Death Valley, California. The two actors lost significant weight during filming. The famous “walking scenes” (which comprise roughly 60% of the runtime) were shot in single, unbroken takes lasting up to 15 minutes. The actors walked for miles, with a Steadicam operator walking backward in front of them. gerry -2002-
Upon its release, audiences walked out of theaters in droves. Critics were divided into two camps: those who called it “pretentious, boring garbage” and those who hailed it as “a transcendent tone poem.” Two decades later, Gerry has found a second life as a cult classic for patient cinephiles, endurance artists, and fans of slow cinema. As they hike through the dense forest, they
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