My Own Private Idaho - Tumblr Posts
nope. Nope. Nope. My heart keeps breaking over and over again, I just can't take it anymore!!
R.i.p. River (a beautiful soul who was gone too soon)

“It was River Phoenix who wanted his character to be gay, or to be in love with Keanu’s character. Originally the characters were both straight. River wanted there to be this affection, this love, and to have his character tell Keanu that he loved him. [smiles] Maybe he wanted to tell Keanu that…" - Gus Van Sant






Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix in My Own Private River (2012) MOPI footage re-contextualized by James Franco



MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO (1991) dir. Gus Van Sant



My Own Private Idaho (1991) Directed By Gus Van Sant





“I mean, for me, I could love someone even if I, you know, wasn’t paid for it. I love you, and… you don’t pay me.”
My Own Private Idaho (1991) dir. Gus Van Sant



Can I lay here with you forever?

I just know that I’ve been stuck here… like this one fucking time before, you know that?

I love you and you don’t pay me





“I mean, for me, I could love someone even if I, you know, wasn’t paid for it. I love you, and… you don’t pay me.”
My Own Private Idaho (1991) dir. Gus Van Sant







My own private idaho (1991)










River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves in My Own Private Idaho (1991)
dir. Gus Van Sant




River Phoenix as Michael "Mike" Waters My Own Private Idaho (1991) dir. Gus Van Sant







Well, I don’t know. I mean… I mean, for me, I could love someone even if I, you know, wasn’t paid for it… I love you, and… you don’t pay me. My Own Private Idaho (1991) dir. Gus Van Sant