Gummo [1997] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
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  • Is this too much reality for you, folks?
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  • A Highlight of 1990's US Cinema.
  • Poor White Trash
Gummo [1997] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Starring: Linda Manz , Max Perlich , Carisa Bara , Darby Dougherty , and Jacob Reynolds
Director: Harmony Korine
Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
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Release Date: 2001-03-20
Gummo [1997] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

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4 out of 5 stars Is this too much reality for you, folks?.......2007-12-03

Well, what can I say, director Korine seem to want to challenge the audience to find the justification for his debut film. Following by his screenplay, Kids, which he wrote at 19, further carves out his relevance in today's cinema as one weird director. This movie without a story or seemingly without a script can form many reactions. Korine follows various characters in a backwoods town at Xenia, Ohio which was once nearly devastated by a tornado. The lives followed here include mostly adolescents and centers on two boys, Tummler (Nick Sutton) and Solomon (Jacob Reynolds). Solomon's father was killed during the Xenia tornadoes...and the film follows these boys on various destructive and self-destructive exploits that defy any cinematic validity. This is not film in most ways, it is real life. This "real life" includes glue sniffing, riding dirt bikes, sex and watching such challenging scenes as a man pimping his mentally ill wife who spends her days bedridden and dolled up like a 2-dollar hooker. At the same time we also meet two sisters, Dot (Chloë Sevigny) and Helen (Carisa Glucksman), who want to become stripper's .Then there is also a boy (Jacob Sewell) who wanders around town wearing pink bunny ears.

Korine constructed his movie as a series of vignettes depicting these characters and various others engaged in disruptive behavior. The episodes range from funny and beautiful to gratuitous and senseless. I found the cinematography of "Gummo" stark, depressing but oddly hypnotic. It's really the way that the director filmed it (scratchy montage, digital low-quality shootings), and the conversations between the two boys that make the movie compelling and fascinating to watch. . I found the performances, including that of Chloe Sevigny to be honest, authentic and sad.

The movie is filmed like the lives of all the people in the village. There's no real development, people don't really do much to improve their situation, and it's a secluded world they live in. The weird southern-style music and the many unexplained characters like the pink-bunny boy make it a surreal experience. The most memorable scene: was Solomon bath scene.....tell me just how disgusting can a bath be and on top of that while eating dinner?!?

It would be nice to think that, if they do exist, at least we shouldn't have to look at them... This movie is, indeed, a more gritty and honest version of "Slacker". They make a good double feature. Of course, after seeing "Gummo", you will see the cast of "Slackers" Many viewers have despised this film and it's good that people are offended. Maybe it just means that the movie accomplished its goal.

5 out of 5 stars Surreal Realism.......2007-04-11

Gummo can't really be described.
The simple thing to claim would be that it is the rural version of Kids, which Korine wrote, and many of that film's preoccupations are here: bored, bleak youth, an ear for dialogue, shock... but it is so much more than that.
The plot stated above doesn't have much impact on the actual film and what happens is more about the aimless, bleak lives of Xenia's inhabitants- the very poorest and most ignored of white trash. The two boys who kill cats to sniff glue are not a central focus, the story comes from all angles and from all positions and there isn't really a protagonist or a narrator, rather a series of short scenes and vingettes that mean little on their own but go together to create a clear depiction of how these people live.
If nothing else Gummo is a set of really beautiful and striking images. A bleached, albino Chloe Sevigny licking her lips seductively and sweeping her hair back in slow motion over Everyday by Buddy Holly; a boy eating spagetti and chocolate in the bath whilst his mother washes his hair with filthy water, or Harmony Korine, the director, as a drunken kid pleading and flirting with a black dwarf.
Along with this are images of complete decay, nihilism and violence that combine to form something unsettling and disturbing. This is because of Korine's use of contrasting elements to create what he calls 'surreal realism' where the natural and odd mix together. As a result we see kids smoking pantella cigars and viciously flogging a dead cat over industrial, retching black metal or discussing Marlene Dietrich as Like A Prayer by Madonna fills the room.
Korine's refusal to fulfil expectations and make something with definite narrative or plot allows things to evolve with fluidity. Furthermore, the characters are all well-developed and Korine completely refuses to condone or condemn them, so we watch without prejudice. And despite their poor surroundings many of the characters, such as Sevigny's character Dot, are shown to be charming and witty.
In an interview Korine claimed he wanted to make a film out of everything he loved, one of both the ghetto and the cultured, whether that was Linda Manz or Burzum and other black metal bands or British TV director Alan Clarke- whose style of long, flowing Steadicam shots he borrows liberally from- he didn't care. He managed to create something of beauty- respect must also be paid to Jean Yves Escoffier whose cinematography is incredible here- where the mood is far more important and valuable than meaning.
When the film was released in 1997 it was met with a mixture of derision and high acclaim, the latter usually from other auteurs like Herzog and Godard.
Janet Maslin's famous 'The Worst Film Of the Year' review destroyed its chances in America whilst it thrived at festivals and in Europe. The majority of this cruel opinion comes from Korine's use of people who actually have Down's Syndrome or are retarded or dwarves, or whatever. Critics reasoned that this was exploitation and another part of Korine's attack on morals and purile desire to shock. He countered that to genuinely have someone in a film with an affliction was much less offensive than hiring an actor like Dustin Hoffman or Tom Hanks to sentimentally portray it. The scenes with the retarded girl talking or featuring Bryant the dwarf are touching and aren't cruel or vicious and do not single them out: after all this is a film whose entire cast is composed of outsiders, another two do not make a difference. Ultimately, the people in Gummo really don't care about political correctness; it doesn't matter to them.
The critics' reaction was one of knee-jerk decency where they felt to condemn the film because it showed something they were not used to or something that claimed was unnatural or uneccesary. This is nonsense as he is simply showing real life and people like the cast of Gummo- almost all unproffesional- exist and they can't be denied. Because of its clarity and its unrelenting strangness, all shown in a foreign vernacular, Gummo had to be derided as the work of a talentless enfant terrible- the most misapplied of media terms, they called Tarantino one after the dreadful Pulp Fiction and he was thirty.
What Korine creates is something completely different in the language of cinema, although not without precedent if we consider the Marx Brothers, Terrence Malick, Fassbinder, Alan Clarke and most importantly, Herzog, another great cinematic outsider. Gummo is utterly different and is not afraid to do things that might alienate the viewer, freely mixing grainy 8mm with glossy 35, quality sound with sound that crackles and distorts.
In reality it is the safer alternative to a very sanitised film industry where the independent films of Warhol or Cassavetes have been replaced with dull, noxious industry-produced marketing versions like Donnie Darko or those Wes Anderson films.
Gummo is a film very personal to Korine where he records his own life in Tennessee- the setting for Xenia- that manages to really alter the viewer's attitudes or show them what true filmaking is. He created a punk cinema: nihilistic, valueless and uncompromising. But the reaction to the film is not unsurprising, after all, no one liked Cassavetes until about ten years after he died, and nobody likes Alan Clarke now.

5 out of 5 stars unique.......2004-03-03

this is a superb film. the sort to watch again straight away after finishing. it's constantly fascinating- new emotions will wash over your body ever minute, and there is a whole gammit of emotions covered here (not all positive by a long shot). some will hate this- no traditional story, it is very experimental/unconventional. but it is very entertaining not some boring up its own behind arty film. essential!

5 out of 5 stars A Highlight of 1990's US Cinema........2002-10-06

This is one of the major films of the 1990's, as suggested by its presence in a recent poll in Sight & Sound; some of it is very hard to watch- recalling films like Eloge de l'Amour, Festen and Happy Together. There is also a link to the imagery of Larry Clark (Teenage Lust), which is expected since Korine wrote Kids- their collaboration, this and Bully feature young topless males frequently.

Korine's debut from 1997 is as beguiling as 2000's Julien Donkey Boy- there is little like this in contemporary cinema. The story?- a tornado has occurred and left few adults- thus children run free like wild dogs in a midwestern town. It feels like a fragmented portrait, recalling Godard's Masculin-Feminin. The film generally centres of two young males (Reynolds & Sutton) who travel on BMX's through the smalltown despatching cats with guns. Sometimes the characters come together, more frequently not.

There are many iconic shots here- the opening sequence of Bunny Boy on the bridge, though he is best towards the end where, one shoe on, he pulls a Christ pose on a skateboard on stunning video. Or the wonderful scene where he is with two girls in the swimming pool as it rains and Roy Orbison's Crying plays (as good as the scene's in Lynch's Blue Velvet & Mulholland Drive that use the music of the big O). There are some quite odd homoerotic scenes- the best being the skinhead Jehovah's witness brothers fighting in a kitchen or Korine's performance as a ****ed up type with a black midget on a settee (between the world of Freaks & the failure that was Storytelling). Great to see the use of Slayer- giving it the feel of 80's classic River's Edge (can someone reissue that , please?). The Like a Prayer sequence is great also...The highlight for me is the wonderful Chloe Sevigny, one of the greatest actresses around- and the costumes she designs are brilliant also.

Gummo is an acquired taste, but persist and you will realise it is a great work of art and a highlight of 1990's US cinema.

5 out of 5 stars Poor White Trash.......2000-06-13

This Film sums up the "Trailer Trash" lifesyle in America. I first saw this film in a place called "Seabeck" in Washington State , and most of the people who watched the film with me had been saying some of the lines from this film in the preceding weeks that I was there. This is not a glorification of their lifes (which these people seemed to think) and a justification for their deep seated racist beliefs , it is a poinyant tale of hope out of desperation but it gives you the feeling of banging your head up against the wall. With only one redeeming charector people have had a hard time trying to justify the film to themselves. Don't . Watch this film and make up your own mind. And above all watch out for Gummo's on bridges over roads.
Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Very good piece.
Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Starring: Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd , F.W. de Klerk , Duma Ka Ndlovu , Sifiso Ntuli , and Sibongile Khumalo
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4 out of 5 stars Very good piece........2005-02-03

Educative, enlightening, forceful, honest rendition of the contribution of music to the dismantling of the horrible system of Apartheid. Congratulations to the producer and others for seamlessly compiling hours of footage and archives into a good well-structured story. Well done!!!
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Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • If you liked that try this . . .
  • Baraka (1992)
  • A spectacular cinematographic feast
  • This Second Sight release is a disappointment
  • WOW.....what a beauty!
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Amazon.co.uk Review

Ron Fricke, the cinematographer on the trippy Koyaanisqatsi, made this similarly impressionistic, dialogue-free photo exhibition come to life. Shot in 24 countries and at all sorts of locations (ancient temples, Auschwitz, a chicken-processing plant), the film attempts to make a subconscious or poetic point about the relationship between living creatures (particularly humans) and their environments. It's a breathtaking Herculean effort, but it is also opaque in meaning and probably best appreciated by viewers already in an incoherent state. Worse, the film loses much of its intended magic on video. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

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5 out of 5 stars If you liked that try this . . ........2008-01-17

. . . said the shop assistant to me when I bought Koyaanisqatsi.
I had never heard of the film but was so pleased that I took his recommendation. This is visually stunning and musically fulfilling.
The good news is that a sequel- "Samsara"- is supposed to be out in 2008

5 out of 5 stars Baraka (1992).......2007-12-21

The cinematography in this film is amazing. The world that is captured in the beginning shows calm and inner peace and beauty of wild life and nature .As the film progresses we how mankind has over populated and polluted the planet.

Devastating images of trees being cut down and car wrecks, bombs, war memorials show what we have done to this natural habitat.

I love this film, the sound track is amazing. The shots are fast moving and easy to watch. It is very captivating.

For all lovers of experimental film, this is a must see.

5 out of 5 stars A spectacular cinematographic feast.......2007-11-23

This is a very powerful film, which is a visual feast. It portrays without any words both the creative principle as well as the destructive principle of the human spirit. A voyage that in pictures and accompanying music shows a multitudes of cultures, landscapes, religious practices and beliefs that has a profound impact on the viewer. It is both celebratory and sobering at the same time.

Highly recommended and especially on a big screen if possible to get the most from the stunning visuals!

3 out of 5 stars This Second Sight release is a disappointment.......2006-11-17

I had wanted this film for a number of years, after seeing it on TV and being blown away by it. The trouble was, after so many years I couldn't remember it's title, so couldn't search for it. Imagine my excitement one day, recently, when the name of the film just popped into my head. I searched immediately here for it and was overjoyed to find it available on DVD.

I almost salivated with anticipation, imagining how glorious it would look, this crisp, immaculate Digital version. Many DVD's nowadays are so very cheap, but for this film I didn't mind paying the more expensive price. I knew, just knew it was going to be worth it.

So, in the post it arrived, and like many of us who buy a new, much wanted DVD, I opened the box, ready to fawn over the sealed case and cover. Oh, but wait, just hold that joy. There's just something a little cheap looking about the cover. It just doesn't look quite right, quite clear enough. I turn the case over to read, and it's immediately apparent to me that it IS cheap. In fact, so cheap it looks, I could do a better job myself on my PC. I kind of get the impression that they [the publisher] lost the original artwork and had to quickly knock something up from a magazine scan. Even the text is blurred in a 'this is a 50p colour photocopy' way.

"Oh well." I say to myself. "At least I have the film on glorious DVD, and it'll still be great." Not so.

This film, as many know, is a masterpiece. It is a glory for the eyes to behold. What a grave tragedy to find that this DVD release from Second Sight has nice, big, black spots popping up in the upper right corner of the screen throughout the film. Not only do they serve as a distraction to the perfection of this film, they are also an insult to my wallet.

This whole release just looks like a cheap pirate copy bought at a bootfair for a couple of quid. Were it indeed a crisp digital version, this film would get five stars from me, no question about it. But it isn't, and really falls short of expectations. I can only give it three.

5 out of 5 stars WOW.....what a beauty!.......2006-05-21

I felt like one well walked elephant after watching this film! It never fails to captivate the eye and ear; using visuals and music only it takes you on a journey around the tips of the world and back.

You can see that Fricke has almost put his life into the cinematography which will endlessly take you closer to the edge of you seat, with every shot revealing a new and astounding outlook of this beautiful world. I have never felt such an array of emotions from a single movie! From sand desserts to forests, waterfalls volcanoes and sky, people at prayer to people at war; each shot is uniquely precious with a character of its own.

The music is elegantly wrapped around the visuals; sounding similar to God Speed You Black Emperor and Explosions In The Sky, which alone would take you on a journey of a lifetime. This inspired soundtrack adds the extra dimension to the stunning photography.

I would recommend you find the biggest TV and the best sound system, turn up the volume shut the curtains and swell into your surroundings; never to return.
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    4 out of 5 stars be patient.......2006-08-22

    patience is the key to getting the most from this haunting, fiction based tale of the death of an icon. this is not an easy film to watch or enjoy, though see it through to the end and it's likely you'll be playing this film in your head again and again for a long time afterwards.
    we follow blake, a spaced out rockstar through his depressing loneliness as he wanders around the grounds of his house for much of the film, wondering how could anyone get themselves in such a position. but it's this aspect from where the character gains his sympathy. this is an ordinary person so torn and chewed up by the pressures of fame and fortune, who spends his final few days trying to escape what he has become, and not helped by the array of hangers on he tries hard not to share his life with. michael pitt's performance is mesmerising as blake, and the stars' interview in the special features sums up the film. "this is not a film about kurt cobain, it is a film for kurt cobain."

    3 out of 5 stars BANALITY IS THE NEW BLACK.......2006-04-16

    Pretty Vacuous film like the Rock Star's life it portrays.
    Based on The Last days of Kurt Cobain there seems to be little point to this film at all. Or is that the point itself. See for yourselves. If it was meant to provoke some sympathy for Cobain's suicide then this film works cos I felt like joining him till I realised I had a life.

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        Amazon.co.uk Review

        What Planet Are You From? stars Garry Shandling whose hilarious TV series The Larry Sanders Show offered him a great vehicle to show his comic performance abilities; you could scarcely tell the difference between his smile and his grimace--he always looked as if Hollywood was giving him a bad case of gas. However in this shockingly unfunny film, which Shandling co-wrote, one can only imagine that the other writers severely diluted Shandling's original intentions--the wince, his only expression, seems real. Worse, you'll share his dismay. Shandling stars as an alien from a sterile race of clones who is sent to Earth to procreate with an Earth woman--exactly why this is necessary is left fuzzy. Ostensibly, given the title, this should lead to a raucous satire of dating mores. Instead, our space invader quickly takes up with a recovering alcoholic played by Annette Bening, and we chart their stridently bumpy but predictable relationship. Greg Kinnear co-stars as a slimy co-worker; Linda Fiorentino plays Kinnear's man-eating wife; John Goodman portrays an FAA official who's onto Shandling's secret; and Ben Kingsley appears as the humourless leader of the alien planet. The single recurring joke involves the alien's genitalia and its propensity, when excited, to buzz loudly, which it does at least 10 or 15 times--afterit ceases to be remotely amusing. Shandling plays his character as so stunningly obtuse that whenever he manages a genuinely clever line it practically seems out of character; the rest of the talented cast flounders, similarly lost. Director Mike Nichols has staged painfully awkward scenes with Elan in the (distant) past--think The Graduate or Carnal Knowledge--but What Planet Are You From? simply sits there, flailing desperately, seemingly aware of its own crushing tedium. Large chunks of the film appear to have been left on the editing room floor; it's hard to imagine material even more comically futile than what appears onscreen. --David Kronke, Amazon.com

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Shandling's wit and bone-dry humour at it's very best........2001-07-16

        Very clever script, well crafted story, and not wasted on this superb cast that brings credibility, real humour, and a unique wit to each character. A lot of people may not like this but then, surprisingly, a lot of people don't 'get' Larry Sanders. Unlucky!

        5 out of 5 stars Superb!!!.......2001-04-25

        I love this film! I think it is greatly underated. Garry Shandling makes a perfect alien and is complemented perfectly by Annette Benning. I laughed all the way through. Excellent!
        Brainy Baby: Music [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
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          The Flowers of St. Francis [1950] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
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            The Flowers of St. Francis [1950] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
            Starring: Pino Locchi , Gianfranco Bellini , Arabella Lemaitre , Roberto Sorrentino , and Aldo Fabrizi
            Director: Roberto Rossellini
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