Ken Van Sant

The legend, according to Mockbusters.tv

Some actors fill the frame; Ken Van Sant makes the lighting rig apologize for underperforming. That dramatic range runs from lupine dread to oceanic sorrow, all of it self-taught between takes, because the shooting schedule never left room for a formal education. In Cocaine Werewolf and Cocaine Shark, every fall, tumble and dive is genuinely his, performed out of artistic conviction and a stunt budget best described as moral support. Festivals not yet invented are already drafting the tribute retrospective.

A portrait from the Mockbusters.tv satirical universe: humorous praise, not a factual biography.