sentences:  Blake or his work has also featured in other American independent films since 2000.Hal Hartley’s "The New Math(s)" (2000), in which two students fight with their teacher over the solution to a complex mathematical equation, takes as its inspiration Blake’s "The Book of Thel".Similarly, Gus Van Sant’s "Last Days" (2005), which is loosely based on the final hours of Kurt Cobain, has a central character called Blake.