A key film of the movement, Gus Van Sant’s third feature film draws from Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Parts I and II and is retold through the relationship between two young street hustlers, Mike (River Phoenix) and Scott (Keanu Reeves). The pair form a deep bond, and Mike falls in love with Scott, who is waiting on an inheritance from his rich but distant father. Despite their many journeys together, the complications of admitting male-to-male affection create a definitive Gen X portrait of frustrated longing.