Shot on a shoestring in 1985, this gently paced debut from Gus Van Sant (DRUGSTORE COWBOY) follows liquor-store cashier, Walt (Tim Streeter), in his one-sided affection for Johnny, a Mexican day laborer. Filmed in grainy black and white, MALA NOCHE (Spanish for "bad night") arranges itself into a series of poetic, and often heartbreaking, vignettes around Portland's skid row, as Walt pursues his reluctant obsession.

DVD Features:

Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono - English
Additional Release Material:
Featurette: "Walt Curtis, the Peckerneck Poet"
Interviews: Gus Van Sant - Director
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer (edited by Gus Van Sant)
Text/Photo Galleries:
Essays - Dennis Lim

Tim Streeter: Actor, MALA NOCHE (1985)
Ray Monge: Actor, MALA NOCHE (1985)

Gus Van Sant: American Director/Screenwriter, MILK, LAST DAYS

4 stars out of 5 -- "The gorgeous, dreamy misfits of Gus Van Sant's MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO could just as easily have sprung from his low-budget debut..."
"Shot in high-contrast black and white and scored to gentle Tex-Mex acoustic ballads, this is an empathetic piercing movie..."