“The rules of suspense are that you do know, and you just don't know when. In the Hitchcock rules of suspense, you are supposed to know that there is a bomb on the bus that might blow up, and then it becomes very tense - but if you don't know that there's a bomb and it just blows up, then it's just a surprise.”

American filmmaker, photographer, painter, and musician

Gus Green Van Sant Jr. is an American filmmaker, photographer, painter, and musician. He became known as an independent filmmaker and is regarded as one of the leading figures of the new queer cinema movement. His films often focus on marginalized subcultures, especially gay culture, and he has built a reputation for work shaped by that perspective across several artistic fields. On this site, he is represented by 75 quotes.