Gus Van Sant on the Luigi Mangione Link to His Hostage Thriller ‘Dead Man’s Wire,’ the Legacy of ‘Elephant,’ and Streaming vs. Theatrical

Venice: Van Sant tells IndieWire about directing his first feature in seven years after mounting “Feud” Season 2 for Ryan Murphy on TV. “Dead Man’s Wire” rings with the current moment in a true story of a revenge-seeking conspiracist who held a mortgage banker hostage in 1977.