Last Days | 
| Director: Gus Van Sant
Actors: Michael Pitt, Lukas Haas, Asia Argento, Scott Patrick Green, Nicole Vicius
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  147 reviews
Sales Rank: 13666
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 97 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: HBOD92941D
ISBN: 078313732X
UPC: 026359294129
EAN: 9780783137322
ASIN: B000AYEL10
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: October 25, 2005
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Gus Van Sant's Last Days is a film about the death of Kurt Cobain. While the name of the main character has been changed from Kurt to Blake and the setting of the suicide changed from a greenhouse in Seattle to a greenhouse in upstate New York, there's no mistaking this film is the product of Van Sant's imagination pursuing the final, lonely moments of the great '90s icon. Rock biopic fans seeking a traditionally gratifying plot should run as fast as they can from this movie and see Rock Star or Sid and Nancy instead; Gus Van Sant's methodology is all about the slow, oppressive creep of time. One shot lingers excruciatingly long on some random foliage outside Blake's (Michael Pitt, The Dreamers) mansion. In another, he makes cereal. Then he sits on a bench for awhile. Or mumbles dialogue to a Yellow Pages ad salesman played by a real-life Yellow Pages ad salesman. Or gradually collapses while watching a Boyz 2 Men video. Meanwhile, Blake's parasitical hangers-on are slightly more animated, occupying his chilly house and clearly on their way to becoming as existentially destitute as he. Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon appears, pretty much reprising an interventionist role she must have played with the real-life Cobain, but this rock star is far beyond rescuing from the brink. Later, when Blake ventures into town to see a punk show, he is cornered by an acquaintance played by Harmony Korine, who tells him a hilarious story about playing Dungeons and Dragons with Jerry Garcia. Where the accumulation of small moments like these don't add up to much drama, they create a pervading sense of dread and sad inevitability. In his life, Cobain railed against all that was phony and hyped; by crafting a visual poem resolutely defiant of rock star spectacle, Van Sant honors the late singer as sincerely as he can, by keeping it real. --Ryan Boudinot
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 The Most Boring Michael Pitt Film!!! May 21, 2009
J. Marus
This movie is the worst most boring movie of Michael Pitt's that I have seen. The story is totally dull and boring and hardly any serious and sensible dialogue. Only strange shots of Pitt alone talking to himself and interacting for only a about a minute with one of two of the characters. There was hardly any suspense or spice to this movie. Just downright boring. Do not waste your money or time on this flick. Ain't worth it. Pitt has done much better roles, his best work, FUNNY GAMES.
Boring May 16, 2009
songspun
This movie seems like an exploitation on an idea of what Kurt Cobain's last days may have been like. In the end, it is boring, long, slow, and completely ridiculous.
 "Do you say I'm sorry that I'm a rock 'n' roll cliche?" April 6, 2009
Georg Einarsson (Reykjavik, Iceland)
Much has been made of this film's minimalist and experimentalist style. At first glance, this is a horrible film. Really. The film's main character, Blake, a thinly-veiled interpretation of Kurt Cobain in his last days, doesn't do much of anything for the entire 96 minute running time. He mumbles imcomprehensibly at least 90% of the time, and the supporting cast might as well not say anything at all, because the viewer hasn't a clue what they're talking about. The film is drab, boring, and painful to sit through.
But so is addiction. So is living a life completely devoid of joy and connection with other human beings. So is feeling completely isolated from any human contact. So is dying from the inside out. In portraying these states, this film has a lot to say.
If you've already seen the film and are wondering why you don't understand Blake, don't worry. You're not meant to. The brilliance of this film is that it refuses to explain or justify a life of addiction, but rather shows you what it's really like. It's misery. It's isolation. It's entrapment, both in the mental and physical sense. And, in every way, it's mind-numbing.
Whether you've seen this film or are planning to, it's important that you know what you're getting yourself into. If you're looking for entertainment or any sort of Kurt Cobain biopic, you're wasting your time. However, if you want to gain some insight into the life and death of an addict, sans all Hollywood distortions or glorifications, you've found the perfect film. This film is honest, and honesty is not often entertaining. But it's real, and that's something one can almost never say about films dealing with addiction.
 Great video October 25, 2008
S. Marx (Kansas City)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this for my 14-year old daugher, who is just discovering Kurt Cobain and she loved it. She's probably watched it 6 times since we bought it.
Almost gave it two October 23, 2008
Eric M. Giombetti (Amherst, MA)
Gus Van Sant has had some movies that I've enjoyed. I knew of "Gerry" and frankly, I liked that movie. I can't get into this one. It's the same style as Gerry, the long shots, capturing the panorama, little dialogue, all things I kind of liked. Maybe it was that Gerry was energetic. The character in Last Days is just mentally out of synch and so he doesn't appear to be an interesting movie. The acting's great.
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