The Beach BumEarly in his career, Harmony Korine was drawn to freaks—the aberrant and anomalous, the people who live (often badly) on the periphery of the mainstream. Hailing from Tennessee, he seemed to be saying, “Gooble gobble, one of us.” At the age of 19, Korine wrote the script for Larry Clark’s notorious Kids (1995), which concerns a freckle-faced, HIV-positive skateboarder with a penchant for having unprotected sex with virgins. The film was met with reverence and revulsion, and launched Korine’s career. Two years later, he released his debut feature as a director, Gummo, which is about two teens (Jacob Reynolds and Nick Sutton) who live in a tornado-ravaged city in Ohio. Korine wanted to portray the kind of life he knew as a child. It’s a scabrous film of vignettes that recall Mark Twain, yet more horrific—a montage of stupidity done in the face of unrelenting...
- 3/28/2019
- MUBI
We've got one more video to share with you for the sci-fi thriller The Phoenix Incident. This one focuses on Ryan Stone, who in addition to Jacob Reynolds and Mitch Adams disappeared in 1997 during the during a massive UFO sighting that took place in 1997 in Phoenix Az.
Blurring the line between fiction and reality, the fact based, sci-fi thriller revolves around a military conspiracy and the controversial missing person’s case surrounding the infamous 1997 event. With the support of the victims’ families, along with classified military documentation, cockpit recordings, Air Force pilot interviews, actual Flir footage, and first-hand recovered video evidence, The Phoenix Incident exposes the military’s engagement with extraterrestrial contact, and the collateral damage of 4 civilians.
The movie was written and directed by Keith Arem (Call of Duty, Titanfall, Saints Row, Tony Hawk Pro Skater).
The Phoenix Incident will be released in select U.S. cities and on VOD on April 8th.
Blurring the line between fiction and reality, the fact based, sci-fi thriller revolves around a military conspiracy and the controversial missing person’s case surrounding the infamous 1997 event. With the support of the victims’ families, along with classified military documentation, cockpit recordings, Air Force pilot interviews, actual Flir footage, and first-hand recovered video evidence, The Phoenix Incident exposes the military’s engagement with extraterrestrial contact, and the collateral damage of 4 civilians.
The movie was written and directed by Keith Arem (Call of Duty, Titanfall, Saints Row, Tony Hawk Pro Skater).
The Phoenix Incident will be released in select U.S. cities and on VOD on April 8th.
- 4/7/2016
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Another video has been released featuring some footage which is a part of sci-fi UFO mystery The Phoenix Incident. The film is about the weird true-life UFO sighting event that happened in Phoenix, Arizona in 1997.
The footage you see here focuses on a man named Mitch Adams, who, in addition to Jacob Reynolds, is part of a group of four people that mysteriously disappeared during the UFO incident. It gives us a look at the type of person that Adams was.
Blurring the line between fiction and reality, the fact based, sci-fi thriller revolves around a military conspiracy and the controversial missing person’s case surrounding the infamous 1997 event. With the support of the victims’ families, along with classified military documentation, cockpit recordings, Air Force pilot interviews, actual Flir footage, and first-hand recovered video evidence, The Phoenix Incident exposes the military’s engagement with extraterrestrial contact, and the collateral damage of 4 civilians.
The footage you see here focuses on a man named Mitch Adams, who, in addition to Jacob Reynolds, is part of a group of four people that mysteriously disappeared during the UFO incident. It gives us a look at the type of person that Adams was.
Blurring the line between fiction and reality, the fact based, sci-fi thriller revolves around a military conspiracy and the controversial missing person’s case surrounding the infamous 1997 event. With the support of the victims’ families, along with classified military documentation, cockpit recordings, Air Force pilot interviews, actual Flir footage, and first-hand recovered video evidence, The Phoenix Incident exposes the military’s engagement with extraterrestrial contact, and the collateral damage of 4 civilians.
- 4/6/2016
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Some leaked footage has surfaced from the upcoming sci-fi UFO film The Phoenix Incident, which is based on actual events on 1997 in which there was a massive UFO sighting in Phoenix Az. This kind of stuff absolutely fascinates me because of its unexplained nature. I also love all the crazy conspiracy theories surrounding these UFO sightings like what happened in Phoenix. It cool that we are getting a movie that explores this unexplained phenomenon.
The footage you see here focuses on Jacob Reynolds who is one of four men that mysteriously disappeared during the incident on March 13th, 1997. The tape gives us a look at the aspirations, relationships, and impact that he had on his family, friends, and communities.
Blurring the line between fiction and reality, the fact based, sci-fi thriller revolves around a military conspiracy and the controversial missing person’s case surrounding the infamous 1997 event. With the support of the victims’ families,...
The footage you see here focuses on Jacob Reynolds who is one of four men that mysteriously disappeared during the incident on March 13th, 1997. The tape gives us a look at the aspirations, relationships, and impact that he had on his family, friends, and communities.
Blurring the line between fiction and reality, the fact based, sci-fi thriller revolves around a military conspiracy and the controversial missing person’s case surrounding the infamous 1997 event. With the support of the victims’ families,...
- 4/5/2016
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
30. Conspirators of Pleasure (1996)
Directed by: Jan Švankmajer
We’ve already seen two films from Jan Švankmajeron the list, but this elaborate movie about a number of separate, but connected people takes the cake. Conspirators of Pleasure follows six people, each with their own incredibly unsettling fetish. A letter carrier ingests dough balls every night before bed. A clerk is obsessed with a new anchor and creates a machine that pleasure him while he watches her. That anchorwoman has an odd obsession with live carp. One customer of the clerk’s practice paper mâché voodoo with a chicken costume and a doll resembling his neighbor. The neighbor has a doll of him that she brutalizes. Finally, the anchormwoman’s husband rubs homemade contraptions to rub all over his body. Conspirators could simply be a character study that, while still strange, would not be nearly as creepy. Švankmajer’s known for his animation and puppetry,...
Directed by: Jan Švankmajer
We’ve already seen two films from Jan Švankmajeron the list, but this elaborate movie about a number of separate, but connected people takes the cake. Conspirators of Pleasure follows six people, each with their own incredibly unsettling fetish. A letter carrier ingests dough balls every night before bed. A clerk is obsessed with a new anchor and creates a machine that pleasure him while he watches her. That anchorwoman has an odd obsession with live carp. One customer of the clerk’s practice paper mâché voodoo with a chicken costume and a doll resembling his neighbor. The neighbor has a doll of him that she brutalizes. Finally, the anchormwoman’s husband rubs homemade contraptions to rub all over his body. Conspirators could simply be a character study that, while still strange, would not be nearly as creepy. Švankmajer’s known for his animation and puppetry,...
- 9/2/2014
- by Joshua Gaul
- SoundOnSight
Gummo
Directed by Harmony Korine
Written by Haromy Korine
1997, USA
Gobsmackingly brilliant; Gummo marks the directorial debut of Kids writer and indie rebel Harmony Korine (Spring Breakers, Trash Humpers). Upon its initial release, Gummo drew critical fire and Korine was denounced as an exploitative brat with a movie camera. But what emerges from his twisted mind is a stylish, poetic, and brutally honest portrait of an American underclass whose misery is rarely addressed on the big screen. Korine arranges a total deterioration of narrative logic and social norms, and Gummo seems to be provocatively anti-everything: everything but life. Gummo is cruel, bitter, and sometimes offensive but also occasionally quite moving. For example: The infamous scene in which Solomon shoots the listless grandmother in the foot while his buddy disconnects her life support, could be read as an act of mercy. Gummo is full of despair, yet populated by an optimistic ensemble: “Life is beautiful,...
Directed by Harmony Korine
Written by Haromy Korine
1997, USA
Gobsmackingly brilliant; Gummo marks the directorial debut of Kids writer and indie rebel Harmony Korine (Spring Breakers, Trash Humpers). Upon its initial release, Gummo drew critical fire and Korine was denounced as an exploitative brat with a movie camera. But what emerges from his twisted mind is a stylish, poetic, and brutally honest portrait of an American underclass whose misery is rarely addressed on the big screen. Korine arranges a total deterioration of narrative logic and social norms, and Gummo seems to be provocatively anti-everything: everything but life. Gummo is cruel, bitter, and sometimes offensive but also occasionally quite moving. For example: The infamous scene in which Solomon shoots the listless grandmother in the foot while his buddy disconnects her life support, could be read as an act of mercy. Gummo is full of despair, yet populated by an optimistic ensemble: “Life is beautiful,...
- 3/30/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Today in horror news we have a first look at the trailer for The Agfression Scale. The Aggression Scale will make it's world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival's midnight category next month. The Aggression Scale has been referred to an 80's influenced thriller with teenagers as the heroes. The film is about four heavily armed hit-men and two unusual teenagers go to war over $500,000 of stolen cash. The Aggression Scale is directed by Steven C. Miller, written by Ben Powell, and stars Fabianne Therese, Ryan Hartwig, Dana Ashbrook, Derek Mears, Jacob Reynolds, Joseph McKelheer, Boyd Kestner, Lisa Rotondi, and Ray Wise.
- 2/10/2012
- Best-Horror-Movies.com
Here is the trailer for The Aggression Scale, thanks to Heat Vision. Steven C. Miller directed this genre film, which will have a world premiere at SXSW as part of the Midnighters program. The pic is described as a being "in the spirit of the 1980s canon and in the vein of A History of Violence but with the teens as the heroes, taking on four hitmen over $500,000 in stolen cash."
The cast includes Fabianne Therese (John Dies at the End), Ryan Hartwig (The Thompsons), Dana Ashbrook (Twin Peaks), Derek Mears (Friday the 13th), Jacob Reynolds (Gummo), Joseph McKelheer (The Hamiltons), and Ray Wise (Twin Peaks).
Miller directed this film based on a script by Ben Powell. I loved A History of Violence and like the fact that this has two people from Twin Peaks. The song used in the trailer makes sets the tone for a cool looking film.
- 2/10/2012
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Just yesterday we brought you the first goodies from Automaton Transfusion director Steven C. Miller's next film, The Aggression Scale, and today we've landed the trailer. Dig it!
The Aggression Scale is an 80's influenced thriller with teenagers as the heroes. Directed by Steven C. Miller and written by Ben Powell, the film stars Fabianne Therese, Ryan Hartwig, Dana Ashbrook, Derek Mears, Jacob Reynolds, Joseph McKelheer, Boyd Kestner, Lisa Rotondi, and Ray Wise. It's produced by Travis Stevens of Snowfort Pictures and Joe McKelheer and Eben Kostbar of Film Harvest.
Synopsis:
4 hitmen + $500,000 of stolen cash + 1 family = War
Check out the teaser art homage to Maximum Overdrive below along with the trailer, and for more visit the official The Aggression Scale website, where you can measure your own aggression level, and follow The Aggression Scale on Twitter.
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The Aggression Scale is an 80's influenced thriller with teenagers as the heroes. Directed by Steven C. Miller and written by Ben Powell, the film stars Fabianne Therese, Ryan Hartwig, Dana Ashbrook, Derek Mears, Jacob Reynolds, Joseph McKelheer, Boyd Kestner, Lisa Rotondi, and Ray Wise. It's produced by Travis Stevens of Snowfort Pictures and Joe McKelheer and Eben Kostbar of Film Harvest.
Synopsis:
4 hitmen + $500,000 of stolen cash + 1 family = War
Check out the teaser art homage to Maximum Overdrive below along with the trailer, and for more visit the official The Aggression Scale website, where you can measure your own aggression level, and follow The Aggression Scale on Twitter.
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Got news? Click here to submit it!
Be aggressive in the comments section below!
- 2/9/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Steven C. Miller's (Automaton Transfusion) SXSW Midnighter The Agression Scale is shaping up to be one of the most anticipated world premieres of the fest. Written by Ben Powell, the thriller involves a group of teenagers who go after four hitmen. The film stars Fabianne Therese, Ryan Hartwig, Derek Mears, Dana Ashbrook, Jacob Reynolds, Ray Wise, and Joseph McKelheer. The good folks at Snowfort Pictures (who you might remember from A Horrible Way to Die) produced the movie. Here's the trailer:...
- 2/9/2012
- Screen Anarchy
The Aggression Scale Trailer. Steven C. Miller‘s The Aggression Scale (2012) movie trailer stars Ray Wise, Dana Ashbrook, Derek Mears, Jacob Reynolds, and Fabianne Therese. The Aggression Scale‘s plot synopsis: “Four heavily armed hitmen and two unusual teenagers go to war over $500,000 of stolen cash.”
God damn this film looks intense. I can not wait to watch this movie. I would go to war over $500,000 as well. If handled right, that amount of money could be life changing.
What is an agression scale:
a psychological test measuring the frequency of overt aggressive behaviors that may result in physical or psychological injury to others.
On the feel of The Aggression Scale:
Aggression…is described as being in the spirit of the 1980s canon and in the vein of A History of Violence but with the teens as the heroes, taking on four hitmen over $500,000 in stolen cash.
The Aggression Scale also stars Boyd Kestner,...
God damn this film looks intense. I can not wait to watch this movie. I would go to war over $500,000 as well. If handled right, that amount of money could be life changing.
What is an agression scale:
a psychological test measuring the frequency of overt aggressive behaviors that may result in physical or psychological injury to others.
On the feel of The Aggression Scale:
Aggression…is described as being in the spirit of the 1980s canon and in the vein of A History of Violence but with the teens as the heroes, taking on four hitmen over $500,000 in stolen cash.
The Aggression Scale also stars Boyd Kestner,...
- 2/9/2012
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
Yesterday, we gave you a small taste of The Aggression Scale, the latest film from Steven C. Miller (Automaton Transfusion, Scream of the Banshee) with the teaser image you see on the left.
The film is making its premiere at South By Southwest next month and we've got a trailer to share. The movie is described as an '80s-influenced thriller with teenagers as the heroes; the preview definitely gives you a taste of that.
It stars Fabianne Therese (John Dies at the End), Ryan Hartwig (The Thompsons), Dana Ashbrook (Twin Peaks), Derek Mears (Friday the 13th), Jacob Reynolds (Gummo), Joseph McKelheer (The Hamiltons) and Ray Wise.
It was directed and edited by Steven C Miller, written by Ben Powell and produced by Travis Stevens of Snowfort Pictures (A Horrible Way to Die) and Joe McKelheer and Eben Kostbar of Film Harvest (Free Samples).
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The film is making its premiere at South By Southwest next month and we've got a trailer to share. The movie is described as an '80s-influenced thriller with teenagers as the heroes; the preview definitely gives you a taste of that.
It stars Fabianne Therese (John Dies at the End), Ryan Hartwig (The Thompsons), Dana Ashbrook (Twin Peaks), Derek Mears (Friday the 13th), Jacob Reynolds (Gummo), Joseph McKelheer (The Hamiltons) and Ray Wise.
It was directed and edited by Steven C Miller, written by Ben Powell and produced by Travis Stevens of Snowfort Pictures (A Horrible Way to Die) and Joe McKelheer and Eben Kostbar of Film Harvest (Free Samples).
Read more...
- 2/9/2012
- by ryanrotten@shocktillyoudrop.com (Ryan Turek)
- shocktillyoudrop.com
What is The Aggression Scale? Wow, I am very impressed, I really want to see this now! THR posted the first promo trailer for The Aggression Scale, directed by Steven C. Miller, which was just announced as a world premiere in the SXSW Film Festival's midnight category next month. The original description states: 4 hitmen + $500,000 of stolen cash + 1 family = War. It basically looks like a home invasion meets crazy teens, and more, horror but I love this trailer, I love the music, it looks great. The cast includes Fabianne Therese, Dana Ashbrook, Derek Mears, Jacob Reynolds and Ray Wise. Highly suggest watching! Watch the first SXSW teaser trailer for Steven C. Miller's The Aggression Scale, via THR: The Aggression Scale is an 1980's influenced action movie with two teenagers as the heroes. Four heavily armed hitmen and two unusual teenagers go to war over $500,000 of stolen ...
- 2/9/2012
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Sound On Sight will once again be covering the SXSW Film Festival this year, making it our second time attending. We’ve already posted news that 130 feature films will screen at the Austin, Texas fest taking place March 9-17, including 65 World Premieres, 17 North American Premieres and 10 U.S. Premieres. Now the fest has announced their “Midnighters” line-up which includes Sundance premieres V/H/S and Don Coscarelli’s John Dies at the End, and Juan Carlos Fresnadillo’s Intruders, Paco Plaza’s [Rec] ³ Genesis, Timo Vuorensola’s Iron Sky… to name a few.
The 2012 SXSW Film Festival runs from March 9 – 17th. Here is the complete Midnighters line-up:
The Aggression Scale
Director: Steven C. Miller, Screenwriter: Ben Powell
4 hitmen + $500,000 of stolen cash + 1 family = War
Cast: Fabianne Therese, Ryan Hartwig, Dana Ashbrook, Derek Mears, Jacob Reynolds, Joseph McKelheer, Boyd Kestner, Lisa Rotondi, Ray Wise (World Premiere)
Citadel (Ireland, Scotland)
Director/Screenwriter: Ciarán Foy...
The 2012 SXSW Film Festival runs from March 9 – 17th. Here is the complete Midnighters line-up:
The Aggression Scale
Director: Steven C. Miller, Screenwriter: Ben Powell
4 hitmen + $500,000 of stolen cash + 1 family = War
Cast: Fabianne Therese, Ryan Hartwig, Dana Ashbrook, Derek Mears, Jacob Reynolds, Joseph McKelheer, Boyd Kestner, Lisa Rotondi, Ray Wise (World Premiere)
Citadel (Ireland, Scotland)
Director/Screenwriter: Ciarán Foy...
- 2/9/2012
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Director Steven C. Miller's The Aggression Scale will be having its world premiere during the 2012 SXSW Film Festival, and in honor of the occasion, we've gotten our hands on some exclusive teaser artwork for the film.
The Aggression Scale is an 80's influenced thriller with teenagers as the heroes. Directed by Steven C. Miller and written by Ben Powell, the film stars Fabianne Therese, Ryan Hartwig, Dana Ashbrook, Derek Mears, Jacob Reynolds, Joseph McKelheer, Boyd Kestner, Lisa Rotondi, and Ray Wise. It's produced by Travis Stevens of Snowfort Pictures and Joe McKelheer and Eben Kostbar of Film Harvest.
Synopsis:
4 hitmen + $500,000 of stolen cash + 1 family = War
Check out the teaser art homage to Maximum Overdrive below along with a still from the film, and for more visit the official The Aggression Scale website, where you can measure your own aggression level, and follow The Aggression Scale on Twitter.
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
The Aggression Scale is an 80's influenced thriller with teenagers as the heroes. Directed by Steven C. Miller and written by Ben Powell, the film stars Fabianne Therese, Ryan Hartwig, Dana Ashbrook, Derek Mears, Jacob Reynolds, Joseph McKelheer, Boyd Kestner, Lisa Rotondi, and Ray Wise. It's produced by Travis Stevens of Snowfort Pictures and Joe McKelheer and Eben Kostbar of Film Harvest.
Synopsis:
4 hitmen + $500,000 of stolen cash + 1 family = War
Check out the teaser art homage to Maximum Overdrive below along with a still from the film, and for more visit the official The Aggression Scale website, where you can measure your own aggression level, and follow The Aggression Scale on Twitter.
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
- 2/9/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival has announced the highly anticipated features in its Midnighters section, as well as the complete short films lineup, which will debut at this year’s Festival from March 9-17, 2012 in Austin, Texas.
The eleven films announced in the 2012 Midnighters program include a feast of titles that promise to rouse, haunt, and thrill the eager SXSW late-night audiences with an eclectic mix of thrills from genre filmmakers at the top of their game.
“Though our regular program already includes a healthy sampling of genre fare, the Midnighters section highlights those that go a bit crazier, gorier, and all-around balls out-ier,” said SXSW Senior Programmer and Operations Manager Jarod Neece. “This year's program includes both veteran names with anticipated follow-ups and fresh discoveries with new voices and charts otherworldly, insane territories that breathe new life into horror conventions.”
The SXSW Film Festival will open on Friday,...
The eleven films announced in the 2012 Midnighters program include a feast of titles that promise to rouse, haunt, and thrill the eager SXSW late-night audiences with an eclectic mix of thrills from genre filmmakers at the top of their game.
“Though our regular program already includes a healthy sampling of genre fare, the Midnighters section highlights those that go a bit crazier, gorier, and all-around balls out-ier,” said SXSW Senior Programmer and Operations Manager Jarod Neece. “This year's program includes both veteran names with anticipated follow-ups and fresh discoveries with new voices and charts otherworldly, insane territories that breathe new life into horror conventions.”
The SXSW Film Festival will open on Friday,...
- 2/8/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Following the announcement of the majority of South by Southwest’s 2012 line-up including Cabin in the Woods, 21 Jump Street, The Raid and Casa de mi Padre, the midnight section has been unveiled today. Most notably there is V/H/S, a horror anthology we enjoyed at Sundance (review here), as well as Clive Owen-starring Intruders and the third film in the [Rec] quadrilogy. The nazi space movie Iron Sky is also part of line-up and a “super secret” screening. Check out the midnight premieres below for the fest kicking off on March 9th and head over to the official site for the shorts announcement, including a new one from Don Hertzfeldt.
The Aggression Scale
Director: Steven C. Miller, Screenwriter: Ben Powell
4 hitmen + $500,000 of stolen cash + 1 family = War
Cast: Fabianne Therese, Ryan Hartwig, Dana Ashbrook, Derek Mears, Jacob Reynolds, Joseph McKelheer, Boyd Kestner, Lisa Rotondi, Ray Wise (World Premiere)
Citadel (Ireland,...
The Aggression Scale
Director: Steven C. Miller, Screenwriter: Ben Powell
4 hitmen + $500,000 of stolen cash + 1 family = War
Cast: Fabianne Therese, Ryan Hartwig, Dana Ashbrook, Derek Mears, Jacob Reynolds, Joseph McKelheer, Boyd Kestner, Lisa Rotondi, Ray Wise (World Premiere)
Citadel (Ireland,...
- 2/8/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival announced its always-fun Midnighters section, as well as the complete lineup of 135 short films, for this year’s festival, set for March 9-17 in Austin. Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard’s The Cabin in the Woods will kick things off as the festival’s official Opening Night Film. “Though our regular program already includes a healthy sampling of genre fare, the Midnighters section highlights those that go a bit crazier, gorier, and all-around balls out-ier,” said SXSW senior programmer and operations manager Jarod Neece. “This year’s program includes both veteran...
- 2/8/2012
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
SXSW announced today the lineups for their Midnighters and Shorts programs. The Midnighters section pulls together a batch of genre-heavy world premieres, including Spanish found-footage horror sequel [Rec] ³ Genesis and dark comedy Girls Against Boys, as well as proven festival favorites V/H/S and John Dies at the End.
The shorts program meanwhile is as extensive as ever, featuring 135 selections including works from James M. Johnson, Jeremiah Zagar, Bill Plympton, Dustin Guy Defa, and Josh and Benny Safdie (who present their Sundance Jury Prize winner The Black Balloon.)
The full lineups:
Midnighters
Scary, funny, sexy, controversial – provocative after-dark features for night owls and the terminally curious.
The Aggression Scale
Director: Steven C. Miller, Screenwriter: Ben Powell
4 hitmen + $500,000 of stolen cash + 1 family = War
Cast: Fabianne Therese, Ryan Hartwig, Dana Ashbrook, Derek Mears, Jacob Reynolds, Joseph McKelheer, Boyd Kestner, Lisa Rotondi, Ray Wise (World Premiere)
Citadel (Ireland, Scotland)
Director/Screenwriter: Ciarán Foy...
The shorts program meanwhile is as extensive as ever, featuring 135 selections including works from James M. Johnson, Jeremiah Zagar, Bill Plympton, Dustin Guy Defa, and Josh and Benny Safdie (who present their Sundance Jury Prize winner The Black Balloon.)
The full lineups:
Midnighters
Scary, funny, sexy, controversial – provocative after-dark features for night owls and the terminally curious.
The Aggression Scale
Director: Steven C. Miller, Screenwriter: Ben Powell
4 hitmen + $500,000 of stolen cash + 1 family = War
Cast: Fabianne Therese, Ryan Hartwig, Dana Ashbrook, Derek Mears, Jacob Reynolds, Joseph McKelheer, Boyd Kestner, Lisa Rotondi, Ray Wise (World Premiere)
Citadel (Ireland, Scotland)
Director/Screenwriter: Ciarán Foy...
- 2/8/2012
- by Dan Schoenbrun
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
This is the directorial debut of Harmony Korine, the screenwriter of the controversial "Kids", and it makes that film look like an MGM musical.
A close-up portrait of disaffected youth in Middle America, "Gummo" is, without mincing words, one of the most repellent cinematic efforts in recent memory. Whatever small audiences it attracts -- and they will be drawn mostly by the prospect of watching something "shocking"-- will wind up leaving the theater in a state of disgust.
The largely structureless, seemingly improvised script follows a group of teenagers as they wander aimlessly around a small, tornado-devastated town in Ohio (this is a film guaranteed to make you glad you live in a city), spending their time engaged in such charming activities as torturing cats, getting high by sniffing glue and removing the life support from a dying old woman.
A largely amateur cast portrays the off-putting characters: They include Cole (Max Perlich), who pimps his mentally impaired sister out of their house; Bunny Boy (Jacob Sewell), who skateboards his way around town while half-naked; and Dot (Chloe Sevigny) and Helen (Carisa Bara), two sisters who, when they are not obsessed with their nipples, are attempting to raise their younger sister. The film mainly centers around the adolescent Solomon (Jacob Reynolds) and his older friend Tummler (Nick Sutton), who keep themselves financed by selling the dead cats to a local restaurant. Incidentally, the character of Solomon's mother, who at one point regales us with some grotesque soft shoe dancing, is played by Linda Manz, the former child actress who starred in "Days of Heaven".
Director-screenwriter Korine lacks the maturity or perspective to give these mostly appalling characters any depth, and the series of vignettes he has devised lack any dramatic power or resonance. Unlike the stylistically assured "Kids", which had a certain compelling fascination even when dealing with similarly tough material, "Gummo" seems content to shock merely for shock's sake.
Although the director has rendered his sordid milieu with a degree of seeming authenticity, his palette is so limited that the depiction seems extreme and unbelievable. What he no doubt intends to come across as honest seems mean-spirited and condescending. If there was a society to prevent discrimination against "white trash," they would sue.
GUMMO
Fine Line Features
Director-screenwriter Harmony Korine
Producer Cary Woods
Co-producers Robin O'Hara, Scott Macaulay
Director of photography Jean Yves Escoffier
Editor Christopher Tellefsen
Color/stereo
Cast:
Solomon Jacob Reynolds
Tummler Nick Sutton
Bunny Boy Jacob Sewell
Darby Darby Doughterty
Dot Chloe Sevigny
Helen Carisa Bara
Solomon's Mom Linda Manz
Cole Max Perlich
Running time -- 95 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
A close-up portrait of disaffected youth in Middle America, "Gummo" is, without mincing words, one of the most repellent cinematic efforts in recent memory. Whatever small audiences it attracts -- and they will be drawn mostly by the prospect of watching something "shocking"-- will wind up leaving the theater in a state of disgust.
The largely structureless, seemingly improvised script follows a group of teenagers as they wander aimlessly around a small, tornado-devastated town in Ohio (this is a film guaranteed to make you glad you live in a city), spending their time engaged in such charming activities as torturing cats, getting high by sniffing glue and removing the life support from a dying old woman.
A largely amateur cast portrays the off-putting characters: They include Cole (Max Perlich), who pimps his mentally impaired sister out of their house; Bunny Boy (Jacob Sewell), who skateboards his way around town while half-naked; and Dot (Chloe Sevigny) and Helen (Carisa Bara), two sisters who, when they are not obsessed with their nipples, are attempting to raise their younger sister. The film mainly centers around the adolescent Solomon (Jacob Reynolds) and his older friend Tummler (Nick Sutton), who keep themselves financed by selling the dead cats to a local restaurant. Incidentally, the character of Solomon's mother, who at one point regales us with some grotesque soft shoe dancing, is played by Linda Manz, the former child actress who starred in "Days of Heaven".
Director-screenwriter Korine lacks the maturity or perspective to give these mostly appalling characters any depth, and the series of vignettes he has devised lack any dramatic power or resonance. Unlike the stylistically assured "Kids", which had a certain compelling fascination even when dealing with similarly tough material, "Gummo" seems content to shock merely for shock's sake.
Although the director has rendered his sordid milieu with a degree of seeming authenticity, his palette is so limited that the depiction seems extreme and unbelievable. What he no doubt intends to come across as honest seems mean-spirited and condescending. If there was a society to prevent discrimination against "white trash," they would sue.
GUMMO
Fine Line Features
Director-screenwriter Harmony Korine
Producer Cary Woods
Co-producers Robin O'Hara, Scott Macaulay
Director of photography Jean Yves Escoffier
Editor Christopher Tellefsen
Color/stereo
Cast:
Solomon Jacob Reynolds
Tummler Nick Sutton
Bunny Boy Jacob Sewell
Darby Darby Doughterty
Dot Chloe Sevigny
Helen Carisa Bara
Solomon's Mom Linda Manz
Cole Max Perlich
Running time -- 95 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 10/17/1997
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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