Joaquin Phoenix plays John Callahan, a cartoonist who, after a catastrophic accident, is confined to a wheelchair. Read the New York Times review here: https://nyti.ms/2Nwos9z
In this scene, Callahan is given his first electric wheelchair. The director Gus Van Sant narrates the scene and discusses how he worked to bring an element of revelation and discovery to the sequence.
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