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Gus Van Sant. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. The teenager and skateboarder Alex is interviewed by Detective Richard Lu that is investigating the death of a security guard in the rail yards severed by a train who was apparently hit by a skate board.

While dealing with the separation process of his parents and the sexual heat of his virgin girlfriend Jennifer, Alex writes his last experiences in Paranoid Park with his new acquaintances and how the guard was killed, trying to relieve his feeling of guilty from his conscience.

Rated R for some disturbing images, language and sexual content. Did you know Edit. Trivia According to Gus Van Sant , the first draft was written in only two days and the final draft came to be only 33 pages.

Goofs During the scene where Alex pushes the guard who gets slashed by the trains' wheels, the guard falls backwards, so he's suppose to be lying on his back, but on the shot where Alex is standing next to him, the guard seems to be as he fell forward, and lies on his stomach.

Quotes Alex : I just feel like there's something outside of normal life. User reviews Review. Top review. Paranoid Park Cast and Crew Screening I was fortunate enough to attend a cast and crew screening of Gus Van Sant's latest film, Paranoid Park.

Having missed Last Days, Gerry, and seeing only bits and pieces of Elephant, I didn't really know what to expect as he sheepishly greeted the crowd, said his thank you's, and let the film roll. With all the criticism, both for and against these recent films, I prepared myself for meaningless long shots of people walking, eating, and various other moments that would quickly find their way to most editor's cutting room floors.

Would I be held hostage by a director too much in love with his own shots, or witness the work of a director who could, at this point in his career, easily coast -- yet continues to redefine himself?

Thankfully, it was the latter. Paranoid Park is easily one of my favorite films of the year, second only to First Snow. Both share the same kind of slow, dreamy reverie I think mainstream audiences are put off by. Both are threaded by haunting scores that are inseparable from the film as a whole. The film feels like music on its own. Park's story is about the death of a security guard in Portland's industrial district, very close to an infamous skate park named Paranoid Park.

The film was shot entirely in Portland Oregon. Much like Van Sant's, Drug Store Cowboy, the director treats the various locales in Portland as a second character, showcasing the unique flavor of the city without coming across as a film commissioned by the Oregon tourist board. The young lead in the film, Gabe Nevins, in what is perhaps his debut film role, has the uneasy task of carrying the film.

He plays Alex, a shy skater type who has little interest in his parents, school, or his pretty girlfriend. His performance is commendable. In a role that could have come across as the typical Skater Boy we've all seen times before, he comes off naturally, as a nervous boy who's uncomfortable in his own skin; A boy gripped by an internal struggle too personal to share with anyone.

The film is ultimately about this struggle. His narration might strike many viewers as stoic and forced. I would have to disagree.

The entire film has that raw type of quality. While pleased with Nevins' performance, I can't say the same for two of the young female actresses in the film.

Taylor Momsen, who plays Alex's girlfriend is awful. In contrast to Nevins' natural performance, Momsen comes off like a pretty teenager who's nervous about being watched. I've seen better acting at middle school dance recitals.

In a long scene shared by the two, we hear nothing but music, this seemed less like an artistic decision and more like a creative way to tune out her distracting acting. Lauren McKinney, as Alex's friend, shows us an equally wooden performance. Mixing what looked like various stocks of Super 8, digital video, and 35 MM film, each location is bathed in its own outward charm.

In a scene where Alex sits on the beach, the aperture flicks forward and backwards, letting light jerk around the lens. It fits the mood of the scene perfectly, like orchestral scratches on an old LP. Jennifer and the main character have sex, then after a short time they break up and huge drama develops. I think that the theme of this book is that you always have to make the correct decisions and don't let other people make the decisions for you because it can cause a serious problem.

View 2 comments. Apr 15, Laura rated it really liked it Shelves: ya-literature , fiction. The unnamed narrator no, he's not named Alex -- that's the name he was given for the movie, so those of you who keep saying, "Alex, the narrator" and what have you -- well, guess what, you just tipped your hand and I'm going to tell your teachers on all of you, so FEAR ME accidentally kills a security guard in a train yard and has to live with the aftermath.

Another very fine, well-written YA from Blake Nelson. Nelson maintains tension throughout while still deftly examining the moral issues su The unnamed narrator no, he's not named Alex -- that's the name he was given for the movie, so those of you who keep saying, "Alex, the narrator" and what have you -- well, guess what, you just tipped your hand and I'm going to tell your teachers on all of you, so FEAR ME accidentally kills a security guard in a train yard and has to live with the aftermath.

Nelson maintains tension throughout while still deftly examining the moral issues surrounding the narrator's predicament. Nelson also shows considerable courage in his dramatic choices: if you're expecting the feel-good, prescriptive Lifetime TV movie ending that tends to accompany books aimed at teens, you should look elsewhere -- Nelson's ending is pleasingly ambiguous. Better than the movie. Mar 25, Josh rated it liked it. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers.

To view it, click here. Name: Josh Halat Book title: Paranoid Park What I think: the book Paranoid Park is an amazing book that shows characters point of view and what type of situations they are in. I love this book due to it having a great storyline and very good cliffhangers. Plot: Paranoid Park is a super cool underground street park.

He and his best friend Jared love to skate around and do some tricks. Although they are not very Name: Josh Halat Book title: Paranoid Park What I think: the book Paranoid Park is an amazing book that shows characters point of view and what type of situations they are in. Although they are not very good they still have fun riding their skateboards. They both have gone to Paranoid Park and they planned to go back again but something comes up for Jared and they cant go.

But Alex goes anyway and something bad happens that he will never forget and may never overcome. Recommendations: I recommend this book to anyone who likes runaway books. I would also recommend this book to others that are interested in skateboarding and going to skateboard parks. Dec 14, Lupe Hernandez rated it really liked it. Personal Response I really like this book because it talks about a guy that accidentally murdered a police officer and the guy gets really nervous and doesn't want to tell anyone what happened because he doesn't want to go to jail.

This book is by far one of my favorite books that I have read. I like how the way of the story is told because it has some interesting parts in the book. It even talks a lot about the characters life and family. Plot Summary This book talks about a 16 year old boy who lo Personal Response I really like this book because it talks about a guy that accidentally murdered a police officer and the guy gets really nervous and doesn't want to tell anyone what happened because he doesn't want to go to jail.

Plot Summary This book talks about a 16 year old boy who loves skateboarding. He has a friend that is older than him and he looks up to him because of the way he rides a skateboard.

One day his friend "Jared" asked the main character "Mike" to go to Paranoid Park with him. Paranoid Park is a skatepark that has a lot of stories. There is one that said that a guy stabbed another person to his death.

They ended up going to Paranoid Skatepark but Jared ended up leaving Mike to go hangout at a college party. Mike stayed at Paranoid by himself and he then met a homeless man that was scary but fun. The homeless man "Rob" convinced Mike into hitchhiking a train. Mike was pretty nervous but he ended up doing it. Once they were on the train it started slowing down.

There was a police officer at the stop and spotted Rob and Mike. Mike and Rob jumped off the train and tripped. The police officer grabbed Rob so he wouldn't run away. Mike ended up hitting the police officer in the back of the head with his skateboard knocking him out in front of the train and the train ran him over. Mike was scared but he didn't say a thing about him killing a police officer. Mike didn't get caught until a really long time.

When he got caught he regretted going to Paranoid Park and meeting Rob. Mike sure learned his lesson Recommendation I would recommend this book to people from the age of 14 and up because it is actually a pretty good book and they would enjoy it.

They would enjoy it because they might actually be interested in mysterious things. Overall it is a really good book. Oct 11, Margot rated it liked it Shelves: young-adult , fiction , movies. I heard about this from Fresh Air, during an interview with the author of this now-movie. It's an epistolary novel of unsent letters, similar to confessions in a diary.

The protagonist, a high school boy, accidentally participated in the death of a railyard security guard after visiting the infamous Paranoid skate park in Portland. A few favorite passages: "That night, I ate dinner with my little brother Henry. I watched him read a graphic novel from the library, but he kept spilling milk on it. That was the thing. People did bad things all the time.

They wrecked library books. They cheated in school. They beat up the nerdy kids. Then I found this conspiracy Web site that said the pope was trying to make everyone go into credit-card debt so he could take over the World Bank. Everything I clicked on just got worse and worse. Maybe confession wasn't such a good idea. But that's not what it would be like if I bailed. It wouldn't be a Disney movie. Running away would be a slow, dirty, gruesome existence Maybe I could meet a girl somewhere, a Canadian girl.

I could live behind her house and we could get married and change our names and I don't know what View 1 comment. May 11, Jennifer Wardrip rated it really liked it Shelves: trt-posted-reviews , read-by-other-reviewers. Paranoid Park is the nickname for an old skate park being used by the less desirable Streeters. While visiting the park, the main character is dared to jump a train car wit Reviewed by Sally Kruger, aka "Readingjunky" for TeensReadToo.

While visiting the park, the main character is dared to jump a train car with one of the Streeters. When they are discovered by a security guard, an unfortunate "accident" causes the horrific death of the guard. The Streeter takes off, leaving the Prep with the guard's remains and the decision of what to do next.

What should he do? Tell the police, tell his parents, tell a friend? He decides to keep the truth to himself, but mixed in with his parents' impending divorce, his girlfriend issues, plus school and grades, he may have more than he can deal with.

If you are a fan of getting into the mind of the characters, this is just the book for you. With its attention-grabbing title and its cool skateboard cover, it will be flying off young adult shelves.

Mar 21, Heather Munao rated it it was ok Shelves: young-adult , boys. This was truly awful writing. Example: the word "stuff" was used 3 times in a single paragraph. And not for effect. There is almost no plot. It is full of every sexist-promoting stereotype you can think of that might fill a boy's head. The thing that could have been best-- skateboarding-- was pretty much non-existent. The main character either felt nothing or cried: no nuance.

I don't think even my male students would like this. Really awful book. I gave it 2 stars instead of 1 because the autho This was truly awful writing.

I gave it 2 stars instead of 1 because the author was signifying on Crime and Punishment with some degree of success. Jul 06, Hilary rated it really liked it Shelves: grades , contemporary-fiction , teen. When a Portland, Oregon teenager is involved in the accidental death of a train yard security guard he is plagued with guilt, fear, and confusion about whether or not he should confess. Nelson has a real talent for bringing teen characters to life. The awkwardness of certain situations will have you squirming in your seat, and the dialogue is peppered with phrases like - "nah, she's just You know what I mean".

Nov 05, Michael rated it it was amazing. Feb 14, Jorge R rated it really liked it. This book its pretty chill because I want to learn more things about skateboarding. I havent finished this book so I could not talk too much about this book pretty much. I really enjoyed this. Very fast paced and gripping. The descriptions of the narrator's feelings and consciousness were so well executed I actually felt anxious for him.

I had to read this for class so I am quite looking forward to hearing my professor's thoughts on it, and watching the movie adaptation. Jun 14, Keli rated it it was ok Shelves: young-adult , action , suspence , pacific-nw-author , pacific-nw-setting.

The concept of the book was great and unique, and there were some tense moments. Nelson created a wonderful sense of hopelessness for the main character. However, the ending was entirely disappointing and far too easy. Very unsatisfying. Didn't care that it kept switching from future to past without much logical reason for switch. Apr 15, Matt rated it it was ok.

I remember reading this book! Just kidding -- I've no idea how it ends. Jan 28, Jacob Maurer rated it really liked it. Because Blake Nelson was my first HS library book I read this for my internship at a school because the class has to read it, too. When I was in grade 10, which was I don't know So I thought "Hey, I thought it sounded cool back then, so why not read it now? It was dark, creepy, gory and so emotional.

I just loved it in basically read most of it in two days. The first chapter is pure insanity and when I read it I felt sick because it was so graphic and shocking.

Tha I read this for my internship at a school because the class has to read it, too. Thanks to my internship I'm also able to look at the passage from the book that we read in our text-book for school - and they left out the most disgusting and gory parts.

It wouldn't have been appropriate to put that into a school-book, I get that. But still I have never read a book that starts off like that. I did not want to put it down. What gets you the most is the writing style. The author manages to let the reader feel Alex' emotions, his panic, his shock, the distress, everything. The writing also perfectly fits Alex' development during the book.

He calms down slowly and so does the writing. But as soon as he panics, the sentences are shorter, the choice of words changes and it is an amazing book to learn how to create atmosphere and emotions from. If a writer wants to know how to do that, he should definitely read "Paranoid Park". The book is also quite short this version had pages and since the book is such a page-turner, you read it in a few hours.

The protagonist of the story, Alex, is just so interesting to read about. In the beginning, he is just another normal kid with "normal" problems like friends, girls, and his parents' divorce. This, during our times, is pretty normal, if you ask me. And then everything goes downhill for him and he totally freaks out. But what makes him so interesting is how he's able to live with it and fool everyone except for Macy, maybe.

No one ever considers him a suspect for the incident - simply because he is just the typical boy-next-door-who-happens-to-like-to-skate. You can constantly feel how torn he is inside, but he manages to deal with it. Still, I think going to the police would have been the right thing to do.

But, in the end, I can understand why he did not go there. Another character I loved was Macy. Nobody cared about Alex' feelings, nobody. When he starts to cry in school, his friends just go away and don't want to hang out with him anymore.

His "girlfriend" is just an annoying brat and liar and his other friends are not much better. What I thought was so hilarious is how his girlfriend first says that having had sex is not something you immediately tell all the world.

However, when spoiler she and Alex have sex which she pretty much forces him to do the first thing she does afterward is: she calls her friends and lets them know.

God, I hate that girl. The importance of Macy becomes clear on the last 5-ish pages and it was just so cute. That's why I'm not saying too much about her - read it for yourself and you'll get it. Nevertheless, I loved her, her role in the book and especially the end although I still want to know how the story goes on, it ends with something like a cliffhanger. Seriously, this book was amazing. I did not expect it to be this good - and I just wished we had read it back in High School instead of just talking about the little shortened and edited bit in our school-book.

It is one of my favorite books this year. This book made me really emotional! Paranoid Park is surprisingly decent. An unnamed narrator grapples with the guilt he feels over his involvement in a manslaughter.

This is one of those novels that make me feel ambivalent because its weaknesses are likeable. The style isn't very compelling. The teen boy talks about vague "stuff" and has the typical one-word conversations you'd expect from a depressed, sleep-deprived teen.

Although the writing is dull and repetitive, it's a voice that suits the narrator. He has much bigger problem Paranoid Park is surprisingly decent.

He has much bigger problems to worry about than trying to make his journal sound literary. The plot is unusual and not what I expected. It begins with a grisly death and doesn't have much action after that.

There are a few subplots involving the narrator's friends, his girlfriend, and his parents' divorce, but they're superficial.