MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO ( DIR: GUS VAN SANT)

In this film we find Scott, son of a high profile father. Scott took the streets and lived a vagabond, clumsy, careless life. He considered that he has two fathers: one was biological and another one who opened his eyes (Bob). Scott and his friends worked as male prostitutes. Here prostitution is shown in many forms through different forms of pleasures. Like a person who does not like to have sex but listen to a particular sound and hires a prostitute to go on making that sound. Here closest friend of Scott, Mike was a homosexual, narcoleptic and liked Scott. Mike and Scott embark on a quest to find Mike’s mother. But en-route Scott finds his life partner and abandons Mike in the middle of the tour and returns to the city. The street dwellers were expecting that Scott will inherit a large amount of money on his 21st birthday, which will be enjoyed by all these people. In turn Scott’s father dies and Scott with his newly found partner returns to his cultured life. The shock kills Bob and leaves Mike alone on the road.

Here from the beginning we see a void of emotion on Scott’s face. Although the street people accepted him it is never clear whether he accepted them. Unlike the others Scott always had the option of a secured life open for him. What was a life to others was just a choice or experience to Scott. In the beginning Scott represented a rebel, who wants to find answers to life by himself. Make his own mark, rather than living in his father’s shadow. It seemed like he was having the freedom which rich people can never think of. But in the end he was changed may be due to wealth or for finding love or due to the call of duty caused by the death of his father. Maybe he was never changed. Maybe he knew what he was doing from the beginning. Maybe he considered it just as an adventure and knew that he will end it in due time. Except the girl nobody moved Scott emotionally or caused him to change his decisions.