Gerry

<p><b>A minute-by-minute analysis of Gus Van Sant film <i>Gerry </i>(2002). </b> <p/>Blending film criticism with creative nonfiction each book in the Timecodes series focuses on one film exploring it minute by minute beginning with minute one and ending with the final minute before the closing credits. <p/>In the canon of director Gus Van Sant's films <i>Gerry</i> (2002) stands out as a singular work a boldly experimental film that nonetheless is accessible darkly humorous and profound. <i>Gerry: Minute by Minute </i>is a non-traditional critical study of this film a bold impressionistic series of vignettes that circle around questions which are highly specific to <i>Gerry </i>itself but which are also universal: what is it about certain works of art-films books paintings music-that attach themselves to us so that we carry them with us on our journey through life? What does it mean to walk with these works inside us as if they are a part of us? <p/>The book's structure unfolds chronologically along with the film with one moment from each of the film's 100 minutes serving as the basis for the chapters. Each of the 100 vignette chapters takes on topics ranging from the particulars of the film itself including: the inventive use of camera movement and sound; the productive nature of collaboration; the driving themes and philosophies that inform the film; the blistering heat in Death Valley of its production; the place of <i>Gerry </i>in American cinema and its European influences especially Béla Tarr; the impact of 9-11 on the cultural landscape of 2001-02 when <i>Gerry </i>was filmed and released; and what it means to walk with a film or a book carrying it our heads as it informs who we are often in subtle ways invisible to those around us.</p>