Gummo
Time Out says
This impressionistic portrait of a half-imaginary Midwestern suburb confirms Harmony (Kids) Korine as a creative force to be reckoned with. Be warned, however, it is often an unpleasant experience. When the two teenage boys at its centre aren't killing stray cats, they're sniffing glue, paying for sex or messing with life support machines. But for all the immature fixation on depravity, Korine's refusal to condemn or condescend to his characters saves the film from freak show voyeurism. Twisting from cinéma vérité to improvisation to pre-scripted lines, often within the same scene, he's audaciously upfront about his stratagems (his command of rhythm and pace is also quite brilliant). Problematic, troubling, dangerous even, but breathtakingly original, and absolutely true to the times. The cutting edge doesn't get any sharper than this.Author: TCh
Release details
UK release:
1997
Duration:
89 mins
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Director:
Cast:
Max Perlich, Carisa Glucksman, Chloë Sevigny, Darby Dougherty, Jacob Reynolds, Lara Tosh, Nick Sutton, Jacob Sewell, Linda Manz
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