I'm torn between the montage of Hitchcock and Eisenstein and the tracking shots of Tarkovsky and Tarr.
If you like Van Sant's films, svsg, check out Béla Tarr's works: Sátántangó, Damnation, Werkcmeister Harmonies. They're fantastic - Van Sant's been heavily influenced by him.
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