On September 29, 2016, My Own Private Idaho celebrated the 25th anniversary of its theatrical release in the USA. To commemorate the occasion, K. Austin COllins posted a piece on the film for The Ringer. It’s a good read and I leave you with the author’s closing comment.
And My Own Private Idaho is a masterpiece because that queerness is an ethic, not a subject. It’s an ethos, not a convenience. In 2016, when the threats to gay life have become subsumed beneath performances of polite politics and the needs of the middle class, it’s helpful to remember a movie like this, full of people like these, who confront us with who they are without giving us a chance to tell them who to be.