They're obviously old friends. Good friends. And they've decided to go on a hike to check out this 'thing'.
Unfortunately, they get lost.
I don't know what more I can tell you about this film. This was part of my 'indie film night' in which I watched '9 Songs'.
Both films went well together in that there is very little dialogue. It's more about the expreience that the characters are going through. But, in 'Gerry', one of the main stars is the landscape.
This film has one of the most beautifull collections of images I've ever seen on film. The desert looks alien and the horizon hides as much as it reveals.
Anyway, here's a review I found, which might help.
from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0302674/Yes I give "Gerry" a 10 out of 10 (like it really matters). And, I'll tell you why...
At first view on Sundance Channel (after of 'course hearing of it through varying sources) I thought "Wow, what a complete waste of crap!" ...But you know I kicked myself (all the time actually) ...for this movie is an angel in disguise.
Part of watching and enjoying a movie for me is to understand what the movie is about...what are they trying to portray here. And, why are they doing it. Sometimes if you look deeply into something you will find the answer to something that has been bothering you lately...or something that just plain 'ol re-confirms who you are as a person...(and we all need that don't we?).
So...this movie does all that to me and/or for me. The desert for me in Gerry represents todays society...not just physically, but psychologically. A desert is typically thought of as being desolate and mundane. Which really is what the majority of society is ...desolate and mundane. In a nut shell the materialistic and commercialism does this to our shallow selves. Makes us desolate and mundane like a zombie.
So, as the Gerrys "zombie" through this bland vacant spanse...unbeknowst to them they aren't in too much different a predicament then they usually are...back in their regular lives. I guess what I'm trying to say is this:
Don't go into the desert with no water or compass or knife or not informing anyone where you'll be or maybe even a map!
Basically don't go into the desert or step out your front door if you don't have the tools to survive...'cause if you do you'll end up killing someone before realizing you didn't have to.
This movie is about awareness and the responsibility of...for the desert in us will always exist...therefore always be prepared.
Anyway, this film is by Gus Van Sant - the same guy that made 'Elephant' - a film about a highschool masacere.
This film is very beautifull, like a desert but, like a desert, it's very empty and open to enterpretation.