How many of you are familiar with Harmony Korine?

[LAmind]

He milks sad and disturbing things. It's the "shock factor" that he relies on to stimulate a positive response to his films. And that's what pisses me off about him. He found a formula that works. Teenagers like to feel guilty after they saw a disturbing film. I was a huge fan of kids when i was about 13, i had cable in my room. But i rented it on dvd months ago and saw how cheesy it was. But dammit you can't help but fall to it's charm. I didn't say he's a bad director, that's one thing he has going for him. The style is way too repetative.

[cameraguy]

Originally posted by c_77:
Okay, I just checked. I've seen Kids and Gummo. Not really impressed. Also saw his video for Sonic Youth with Macaulay Culkin and Rachel Miner called 'Sunday'. Was just okay too. I don't find this guy a gifted director at all. See for yourself:

http://www.sonicyouth.com/videos/hires/sunday.html

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Oh my this video sucked. So boring I turned it off half way and watched the Weather Channel instead.

[chas_ucla]

"Sunday" has to be one of the most godawful videos I've ever seen. I've been a SY fan since '87 but this is ridiculous. Or rather, Harmony's video is. Didn't you just love the c.u. of the licking lips? I wasn't too impressed with the fifteen minutes of "Gummo" I saw but I did think "Kids" was pretty good in that exploitation-film kinda way.