this road will never end

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[thecampfirescene]

thinking about how proud river was when they told him that mopi became the first commercial film in which one man tells another that he loves him ❤

[thecampfirescene]

River Phoenix on the set of My Own Private Idaho

[riverpheonixs]

River Phoenix promoting “My Own Private Idaho” in Japan - June, 1991

[rivjudephoenix]

But Phoenix adds that the fact that the movie is being categorized as a gay film “shows that there’s stress in our society. People don’t seem to label a film where hetero sex is happening. Ten years from now,” he says, “it won’t be a gay film, it’ll be a good film”

— Palm Beach Daily News, October 1991

[thecampfirescene]

thinking about how proud river was when they told him that mopi became the first commercial film in which one man tells another that he loves him ❤

[thecampfirescene]

"[...] the campfire scene in Private Idaho, in which River Phoenix's character confesses his love for Reeves'. It's such a raw scene, the one that gay men couldn't stop thinking about, such an honestly acted reflection of a painfully familiar experience. "Well, River just was so amazing in that," says Reeves, adding that he himself has never been the recipient of such a confession. So what fueled the honesty of the scene? "I think it was on two levels," says the actor. "We were playing characters, and then also the friendship, the work that River and I were doing together. My character says, 'Well, just come over here, man. I can't love you, and I won't do it that way, but just come over here, man, we can hug, stay warm, we'll be together.' But you were seeing great acting by River, and also connected into that was our personal relationship." Asked if he misses the late star who died of a drug overdose at age 23 in 1993, Reeves falls quiet. "Oh, very much," he says, with nothing more to add but silence."

— Out Magazine (1995)

[freakshaped]

RIVER PHOENIX as DANNY POPE Running on Empty | 1988

[limbel]

NEVER HEAL indulge in self sabotage romaniticize self isolation ALWAYS QUIT reject your potential never break the cycle let the curse win

[themanwholostthewar]

Keanu Reeves for Vanity Fair, 1991

[leofwines-deactivated20250831]

affirmations: you are not real, you don’t have feelings, you don’t want anything, this will be over soon

[happy-xy]

Heath Ledger as Ennis Del Mar Brokeback Mountain (2005) dir. Ang Lee

[kosmogrl]

[thecampfirescene]

is this because the criterion mobile closet is in Portland rn :')

[freakshaped]

RIVER PHOENIX as DANNY POPE Running on Empty | 1988

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

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the smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

[fairycosmos]

a heatwave is a type of ancient curse

[elinordash]

That's your thing, then? You like to watch?