Sissy Hankshaw Tom Robbins Toronto Film Festival Images in the Dark by Raymond Murray. First published in 1998. The author does not limit his book to just gay-themed movies. Many other chapters discuss the works of gay and lesbian directors, movie-stars, writers and composers. Also to be found is a section that will be of interest to transgendered individuals.
River is mentioned only a few times throughout the book.
His sister, Rain Phoenix , is also briefly credited for her role as Bonanza Jellybean in Even Cowgirls Get the Blues . Somewhat curiously though, Murray also chooses to list Silent Tongue in this reference work too. The final theatrical release of River Phoenix, this involving though labored ghost story is slightly odd, but it achieves a poetic, mystical tone. Silent Tongue is an unusual, slowly paced but nevertheless gripping treatise on 19th-century Western culture, and features showy but sound performances from the entire cast. Celebrating the work of gay directors, the author discusses the history, life and career of Gus Van Sant in some detail.