Van Sant's latest echoes the day at Columbine.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: November 14, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Terry Lawson

TORONTO _ Gus Van Sant had second thoughts. Not about making a movie based on the Columbine school shootings -- Van Sant, in fact, agreed with Diane Keaton and her producing partner Bill Robinson that it would be appropriate to produce a film about the event quickly, while the horror was still fresh in the national consciousness.

And Keaton and Van Sant thought television, a medium in which he has rarely ventured, would be the most suitable place for such a project, since it is better equipped to react to events with immediacy.

But after sealing a ...

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