list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Kids on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Kids/92128/default.aspx Title: Kids
Year: 1995
Director: Larry Clark
Plot: Kids offers a bleak, unblinking view of a group of vacuous, thoughtless New York City teens in their ceaseless quest for sex, drugs, and trouble. The film primarily follows Telly (Leo Fitzpatrick), who, having just realized the conquest of his latest virgin, brags that by day's end he will claim one more. While he and his friends brag to each other about their sexual exploits, Jenny (Chloë Sevigny) describes her own less-than-romantic encounter with Telly. Soon after the conversation, she learns that Telly, the only boy with whom she has slept, has infected her with the AIDS virus. Devastated, she sets out to find him and share the news. Meanwhile, Telly has set his sights on Darcy (Yakira Peguero), a lovely young girl whom he invites for a skinny dip at the local pool. Together with his friends, Telly drags Darcy along, and the entire crew jump the fence after hours. There he presents his now-familiar spiel which Darcy naïvely accepts, and the scene is set for disaster as the group heads back to a vacant apartment for an evening of sex, booze, drugs, and debauchery. Jenny finally locates Telly at the impromptu party and rushes to confront him, although she may be too late to save the next virgin in line from sharing her fate. ~ Jeremy Beday, All Movie Guide
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]]>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:12:48 GMTKids1995Larry ClarkKids offers a bleak, unblinking view of a group of vacuous, thoughtless New York City teens in their ceaseless quest for sex, drugs, and trouble. The film primarily follows Telly (<a href="/players/P___199046/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Leo Fitzpatrick</a>), who, having just realized the conquest of his latest virgin, brags that by day's end he will claim one more. While he and his friends brag to each other about their sexual exploits, Jenny (<a href="/players/P___230831/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Chloë Sevigny</a>) describes her own less-than-romantic encounter with Telly. Soon after the conversation, she learns that Telly, the only boy with whom she has slept, has infected her with the AIDS virus. Devastated, she sets out to find him and share the news. Meanwhile, Telly has set his sights on Darcy (Yakira Peguero), a lovely young girl whom he invites for a skinny dip at the local pool. Together with his friends, Telly drags Darcy along, and the entire crew jump the fence after hours. There he presents his now-familiar spiel which Darcy naïvely accepts, and the scene is set for disaster as the group heads back to a vacant apartment for an evening of sex, booze, drugs, and debauchery. Jenny finally locates Telly at the impromptu party and rushes to confront him, although she may be too late to save the next virgin in line from sharing her fate. ~ Jeremy Beday, All Movie Guide30Tag Target (>10)27843http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t086422w0eu.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Kids/92128/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/atacta/archive/2008/11/29/37739.aspx Post By: atacta
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Body: KidsFrom a narrative and directing standpoint this film rivals the best of documentary filmmaking. Except, its not a documentary. Its a disgusting cautionary tale of trash culture. Its an urban nightmare influenced by the AIDS epidemic. How in the hell did Larry Clark pull this off? How in the hell is he not in prison now? This is a brilliant and sick film.****out of *****p.s. the first time I saw this no one knew of Chloe Sevigny - but she is at the core of this film and carries most of its emotional weightMODIFICATION - I thought about this some more and since the film is truly repellent I gotta knock off 1/2 star
]]>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 08:03:46 GMTatactaatacta Blog11/29/2008 3:03:46 AMKidsFrom a narrative and directing standpoint this film rivals the best of documentary filmmaking. Except, its not a documentary. Its a disgusting cautionary tale of trash culture. Its an urban nightmare influenced by the AIDS epidemic. How in the hell did Larry Clark pull this off? How in the hell is he not in prison now? This is a brilliant and sick film.****out of *****p.s. the first time I saw this no one knew of Chloe Sevigny - but she is at the core of this film and carries most of its emotional weightMODIFICATION - I thought about this some more and since the film is truly repellent I gotta knock off 1/2 star http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_October_13_Just_One_Day/625/36297/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
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Body: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three - one of the best action/thriller/comedy movies ever made. A lot of it takes place in almost real time. 12 Angry Men - another one that's almost in real time, so certainly within a day. Magnolia - the EPIC of one day films. Clerks. - he was supposed to have that day off High Noon - also almost real time Kids - I think this was just one day. It feels like it. Rope - real time My Dinner with Andre - real time Most movies based on classical theater will take place within 24 hours since this was one of the ancient restriction of good theatre. Time, space, and subject were all supposed to be remain the same. More Linklater films - Before Sunrise / Before Sunset / Slacker These come up under one night I think Night of the Living Dead Goonies Die Hard Escape from New York Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
]]>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:55:59 GMTRisseladaWeekly Theme10/14/2008 2:55:59 PMThe Taking of Pelham One Two Three - one of the best action/thriller/comedy movies ever made. A lot of it takes place in almost real time. 12 Angry Men - another one that's almost in real time, so certainly within a day. Magnolia - the EPIC of one day films. Clerks. - he was supposed to have that day off High Noon - also almost real time Kids - I think this was just one day. It feels like it. Rope - real time My Dinner with Andre - real time Most movies based on classical theater will take place within 24 hours since this was one of the ancient restriction of good theatre. Time, space, and subject were all supposed to be remain the same. More Linklater films - Before Sunrise / Before Sunset / Slacker These come up under one night I think Night of the Living Dead Goonies Die Hard Escape from New York Harold &amp; Kumar Go to White Castle http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/7/2/32031.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Body: Jonathan Levine’s crowd-pleasing (in terms of audience awards at festivals, not in terms of uplifting Hollywood endings) film The Wackness opens in limited release tomorrow. In case you haven’t noticed from the ads and the soundtrack, it takes place in the New York City of 1994, a special time for the place because Rudy Giuliani had just become mayor and was beginning to clean up the city, Goldie Wilson-stylee (OK, not really Goldie Wilson-stylee, but who doesn’t love a good BTTF reference?). NYC in the ’90s was quite special for me. It’s when I moved here. And moved here a second time (I’ve since moved here a third time), and watching The Wackness made me nostalgic for the decade. It also made me think of some of the other films from or set in that period, a number of which kind of define my experience with the city. 1990: Quick Change - It’s a bit ironic that this comedy, which features Bill Murray putting down the city non-stop, is the movie that really represents NYC on film for me. Actually, considering Tootsie was probably my first exposure to NYC on screen and Ghostbusters was the movie that made me want to visit Manhattan more often (I grew up in nearby Connecticut), I guess Murray was kind of like my ambassador to New York. My current jogging route goes through a neighborhood that’s prominently used in Quick Change, and whenever I pass the spot where I can see the Statue of Liberty across the bay, I think of the movie and have trouble believing anyone could want to get out of here as much as Murray’s character does. 1991: The Fisher King - One of my favorite spots in all of NYC is Grand Central Terminal, partially because it was my gateway to the city but mostly because of this film’s employment of the station for a fantasy waltz number in the main concourse. It’s one of my favorite scenes in film history, though I’m not quite sure if I love the scene because I already loved the station or if I fell in love with the station because of this scene. 1992: Definitely, Maybe - I can’t think of many movies that look back to NYC in the ’90s the way The Wackness does. There’s Austin Chick’s XX/XY, which I haven’t seen, and there’s this recent movie, which flashes back to 1992 and then continues through the decade. Two fun little gags I appreciated as a NYC settler are the bit about cigarettes costing so much more here and the spot-on comment about how one day suddenly everyone in the city had a cell phone, which they haven’t put down since. 1993: Manhattan Murder Mystery - Obviously there has to be a Woody Allen movie on this list. It may not be the best, but it’s Allen’s New York, it’s from 1993, and it’s got that great Cole Porter song at the beginning. 1994: Leon (The Professional) - The Wackness will now take over the 1994 spot, but the previous place holder was this action classic. It’s nice, because it has a sort of outsider’s perspective of the city — thanks to both the lead character and the director hailing from France — that I still had at the time. Much of the movie, though, lacks the strong touristy, landmark-heavy NYC that a lot of movies set here display (you can barely even make out the Twin Towers in the opening montage). And had it been made a few years later, it probably wouldn’t have even been shot here. Fortunately, it was, and I got my first cinematic introduction to the Roosevelt Island tram (years before seeing it in Spider-Man), which I’ll always be afraid of riding. 1995: Kids - I saw Larry Clark’s film a few weeks before moving to Manhattan for school, and I thought it would prepare me for the worst. But aside from seeing Chloe Sevigny around the neighborhood, I actually didn’t come in contact with a lot of kids like those featured in the movie. Of course, I was hanging out with nerdy film students, not local high schoolers. 1996: Girl 6 - I admit, I’ve never seen this, but just as with Woody, this list has to include one film from Spike Lee. And this one is at least appropriate to my experience, because my acting teacher at the time plays an acting teacher in the film. 1997: Escape from New York - Thanks to Giuliani, the NYC of ‘97 didn’t look like it did in John Carpenter’s science fiction film, which came out back in 1981. Of course, some people felt like Giuliani made Manhattan more like a prison than was depicted on screen. 1998: Godzilla - In the same summer, moviegoers saw parts of NYC destroyed in Armageddon, Deep Impact and Godzilla. So why am I including the worst one, which also made the least amount of money — also the one I actually didn’t bother seeing? Because while it was being made, there were tanks all over the part of Manhattan that I frequented, and though I eventually knew what they were there for, I never got over the surreal feeling of being in a city occupied by the U.S. military (on 9/11 the surreal actually became real, with soldiers visible everywhere, making it all the more significant in retrospect). 1999: Eyes Wide Shut - Closing out the decade is Kubrick’s final film, which he shot in England but set in NYC. Despite an attempt to make it look very accurate — I remember reading about the production’s specific import of Village Voice boxes for the occasion — it’s one of the least authentic-looking New York films of the era. At least it doesn’t feature the Rocky Mountains in the background, though. Bonus: Tour - This addition is blatant self-promotion, as the documentary features me and the ska band I was in. But it’s particularly fitting because it shows NYC in the last week of the ’90s, when we departed for a Southeastern U.S. tour, and it ends with us returning to the city mid-January 2000. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:01:03 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com7/2/2008 2:01:03 PM Jonathan Levine’s crowd-pleasing (in terms of audience awards at festivals, not in terms of uplifting Hollywood endings) film The Wackness opens in limited release tomorrow. In case you haven’t noticed from the ads and the soundtrack, it takes place in the New York City of 1994, a special time for the place because Rudy Giuliani had just become mayor and was beginning to clean up the city, Goldie Wilson-stylee (OK, not really Goldie Wilson-stylee, but who doesn’t love a good BTTF reference?). NYC in the ’90s was quite special for me. It’s when I moved here. And moved here a second time (I’ve since moved here a third time), and watching The Wackness made me nostalgic for the decade. It also made me think of some of the other films from or set in that period, a number of which kind of define my experience with the city. 1990: Quick Change - It’s a bit ironic that this comedy, which features Bill Murray putting down the city non-stop, is the movie that really represents NYC on film for me. Actually, considering Tootsie was probably my first exposure to NYC on screen and Ghostbusters was the movie that made me want to visit Manhattan more often (I grew up in nearby Connecticut), I guess Murray was kind of like my ambassador to New York. My current jogging route goes through a neighborhood that’s prominently used in Quick Change, and whenever I pass the spot where I can see the Statue of Liberty across the bay, I think of the movie and have trouble believing anyone could want to get out of here as much as Murray’s character does. 1991: The Fisher King - One of my favorite spots in all of NYC is Grand Central Terminal, partially because it was my gateway to the city but mostly because of this film’s employment of the station for a fantasy waltz number in the main concourse. It’s one of my favorite scenes in film history, though I’m not quite sure if I love the scene because I already loved the station or if I fell in love with the station because of this scene. 1992: Definitely, Maybe - I can’t think of many movies that look back to NYC in the ’90s the way The Wackness does. There’s Austin Chick’s XX/XY, which I haven’t seen, and there’s this recent movie, which flashes back to 1992 and then continues through the decade. Two fun little gags I appreciated as a NYC settler are the bit about cigarettes costing so much more here and the spot-on comment about how one day suddenly everyone in the city had a cell phone, which they haven’t put down since. 1993: Manhattan Murder Mystery - Obviously there has to be a Woody Allen movie on this list. It may not be the best, but it’s Allen’s New York, it’s from 1993, and it’s got that great Cole Porter song at the beginning. 1994: Leon (The Professional) - The Wackness will now take over the 1994 spot, but the previous place holder was this action classic. It’s nice, because it has a sort of outsider’s perspective of the city — thanks to both the lead character and the director hailing from France — that I still had at the time. Much of the movie, though, lacks the strong touristy, landmark-heavy NYC that a lot of movies set here display (you can barely even make out the Twin Towers in the opening montage). And had it been made a few years later, it probably wouldn’t have even been shot here. Fortunately, it was, and I got my first cinematic introduction to the Roosevelt Island tram (years before seeing it in Spider-Man), which I’ll always be afraid of riding. 1995: Kids - I saw Larry Clark’s film a few weeks before moving to Manhattan for school, and I thought it would prepare me for the worst. But aside from seeing Chloe Sevigny around the neighborhood, I actually didn’t come in contact with a lot of kids like those featured in the movie. Of course, I was hanging out with nerdy film students, not local high schoolers. 1996: Girl 6 - I admit, I’ve never seen this, but just as with Woody, this list has to include one film from Spike Lee. And this one is at least appropriate to my experience, because my acting teacher at the time plays an acting teacher in the film. 1997: Escape from New York - Thanks to Giuliani, the NYC of ‘97 didn’t look like it did in John Carpenter’s science fiction film, which came out back in 1981. Of course, some people felt like Giuliani made Manhattan more like a prison than was depicted on screen. 1998: Godzilla - In the same summer, moviegoers saw parts of NYC destroyed in Armageddon, Deep Impact and Godzilla. So why am I including the worst one, which also made the least amount of money — also the one I actually didn’t bother seeing? Because while it was being made, there were tanks all over the part of Manhattan that I frequented, and though I eventually knew what they were there for, I never got over the surreal feeling of being in a city occupied by the U.S. military (on 9/11 the surreal actually became real, with soldiers visible everywhere, making it all the more significant in retrospect). 1999: Eyes Wide Shut - Closing out the decade is Kubrick’s final film, which he shot in England but set in NYC. Despite an attempt to make it look very accurate — I remember reading about the production’s specific import of Village Voice boxes for the occasion — it’s one of the least authentic-looking New York films of the era. At least it doesn’t feature the Rocky Mountains in the background, though. Bonus: Tour - This addition is blatant self-promotion, as the documentary features me and the ska band I was in. But it’s particularly fitting because it shows NYC in the last week of the ’90s, when we departed for a Southeastern U.S. tour, and it ends with us returning to the city mid-January 2000. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/6/5/30563.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Body: Now that we know, courtesy of Stu at Defamer, that Werner Herzog’s remake of Abel Ferrara’s Bad Lieutenant is not so much a remake as it is like a new entry into a franchise, a la the James Bond movies, we at SpoutBlog wonder what other ’90s indie favorites could be continued with similar yet “completely different” installments. I remember back in the day thinking that Clerks should be a franchise, each film focusing on a different crappy job experience, but now that Clerks II has come and gone, that idea will likely never be realized. Of course, the concept of sequels unrelated to the original aren’t new — just look at any sequel title substituting the number 2 (or II) with the word Too. But nevertheless, here’s a few suggestions for other crazy foreign auteurs to take into consideration: Kids - Looking back, Larry Clark’s then-shocking debut is pretty tame. Nowadays you see teens doing worse things on commercial television. So, how about someone makes another Kids movie every decade or so to expose us to the latest generation of teenagers and how appallingly different they are from the previous generation. It would be like Apted’s Up documentaries, except it wouldn’t follow the same people. Slacker - This is Karina’s suggestion, off the top of her head, so I’ll give her credit. She likes the idea of Linklater revisiting the concept behind his monumental indie, but having it set in other cities, a la The Real World. Unlike the premise of the next Real World, though, I’d be much more excited about a Slacker Brooklyn. Leaving Las Vegas - While we’re on the idea of transplanting locations, and because Herzog is setting his Bad Lieutenant in New Orleans rather than New York, let’s mention some films whose remakes sequels next installments could feature title changes depending on their location changes. Leaving Boston might not have the same ring to it, though. What about King of New York redone as King of St. Louis? Of course, Abel Ferrara is already turning King of New York into a franchise with Pericle il Nero, a prequel that isn’t quite a prequel (strange that he would have a problem with Herzog’s film, then). Swingers - This one is easy. Take some hot new subculture/dance craze/music scene and exploit it, so none of the original followers like it anymore and all of the new followers can be labeled posers (no, of course I’m not bitter). Swingers wasn’t the first movie to do it; Saturday Night Fever and probably a few ’50s rock ‘n’ roll movies were viewed the same way. I wonder what scene is cool with the alternative kids these days … The Big One - Following the success of Roger and Me, Michael Moore made this documentary in which he attempts to get interviews with other corporate heads. But now his films are mostly political and there’s less attention paid towards companies like General Motors and Nike. Sure, we’ve since seen some worthy substitutes, including The Corporation, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room and Super Size Me, but I’d like Moore to return to his hunting of the villains of capitalism and give up on his pursuit of 9/11 answers. Breaking the Waves - Surely most movie execs were shocked at how unsexy Von Trier’s film was. After all, the story of a crippled man who sends his wife out to sleep with men for his vicarious benefit sounds like an erotic, softcore, Skinamax kind of thing. So, when do we get Breaking the Waves Too, about another crippled man with a much younger, hotter wife (just FYI, I personally have always had a crush on Emily Watson)? And since it will be have to be direct-to-video will it still need to avoid the nauseating shaky cam that made so many people sick in the theater? Sling Blade - Having recently seen Robert Duvall in the 1972 film Tomorrow, I now know that Billy Bob Thornton’s “Karl Childers” is not that unique a character. For the next installment, I’d like to see Karl (well, a character like Karl) and his southern gothic story set in New York City. It would make about as much sense as Bad Lieutenant being set in NOLA. Being John Malkovich - Who hasn’t wanted a franchise in which each installment goes inside the head of a different cult-figure actor? Even if it would ruin the original just a little big, I’d love Being Jeff Goldblum or Being Christopher Walken. The latter would be enormously popular. Kolya - This Oscar-winning foreign film showed us that heartwarming tales of old, curmudgeonly Sean Connery lookalikes who learn to love the young child they’re forced to take care of are universal. But I’d like to see the same plot in other countries besides Czechoslovakia, just to be sure. Waiting for Guffman - Oh wait, Christopher Guest has been continually remaking this movie, only without association. Never mind. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:01:05 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com6/5/2008 3:01:05 PMNow that we know, courtesy of Stu at Defamer, that Werner Herzog’s remake of Abel Ferrara’s Bad Lieutenant is not so much a remake as it is like a new entry into a franchise, a la the James Bond movies, we at SpoutBlog wonder what other ’90s indie favorites could be continued with similar yet “completely different” installments. I remember back in the day thinking that Clerks should be a franchise, each film focusing on a different crappy job experience, but now that Clerks II has come and gone, that idea will likely never be realized. Of course, the concept of sequels unrelated to the original aren’t new — just look at any sequel title substituting the number 2 (or II) with the word Too. But nevertheless, here’s a few suggestions for other crazy foreign auteurs to take into consideration: Kids - Looking back, Larry Clark’s then-shocking debut is pretty tame. Nowadays you see teens doing worse things on commercial television. So, how about someone makes another Kids movie every decade or so to expose us to the latest generation of teenagers and how appallingly different they are from the previous generation. It would be like Apted’s Up documentaries, except it wouldn’t follow the same people. Slacker - This is Karina’s suggestion, off the top of her head, so I’ll give her credit. She likes the idea of Linklater revisiting the concept behind his monumental indie, but having it set in other cities, a la The Real World. Unlike the premise of the next Real World, though, I’d be much more excited about a Slacker Brooklyn. Leaving Las Vegas - While we’re on the idea of transplanting locations, and because Herzog is setting his Bad Lieutenant in New Orleans rather than New York, let’s mention some films whose remakes sequels next installments could feature title changes depending on their location changes. Leaving Boston might not have the same ring to it, though. What about King of New York redone as King of St. Louis? Of course, Abel Ferrara is already turning King of New York into a franchise with Pericle il Nero, a prequel that isn’t quite a prequel (strange that he would have a problem with Herzog’s film, then). Swingers - This one is easy. Take some hot new subculture/dance craze/music scene and exploit it, so none of the original followers like it anymore and all of the new followers can be labeled posers (no, of course I’m not bitter). Swingers wasn’t the first movie to do it; Saturday Night Fever and probably a few ’50s rock ‘n’ roll movies were viewed the same way. I wonder what scene is cool with the alternative kids these days … The Big One - Following the success of Roger and Me, Michael Moore made this documentary in which he attempts to get interviews with other corporate heads. But now his films are mostly political and there’s less attention paid towards companies like General Motors and Nike. Sure, we’ve since seen some worthy substitutes, including The Corporation, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room and Super Size Me, but I’d like Moore to return to his hunting of the villains of capitalism and give up on his pursuit of 9/11 answers. Breaking the Waves - Surely most movie execs were shocked at how unsexy Von Trier’s film was. After all, the story of a crippled man who sends his wife out to sleep with men for his vicarious benefit sounds like an erotic, softcore, Skinamax kind of thing. So, when do we get Breaking the Waves Too, about another crippled man with a much younger, hotter wife (just FYI, I personally have always had a crush on Emily Watson)? And since it will be have to be direct-to-video will it still need to avoid the nauseating shaky cam that made so many people sick in the theater? Sling Blade - Having recently seen Robert Duvall in the 1972 film Tomorrow, I now know that Billy Bob Thornton’s “Karl Childers” is not that unique a character. For the next installment, I’d like to see Karl (well, a character like Karl) and his southern gothic story set in New York City. It would make about as much sense as Bad Lieutenant being set in NOLA. Being John Malkovich - Who hasn’t wanted a franchise in which each installment goes inside the head of a different cult-figure actor? Even if it would ruin the original just a little big, I’d love Being Jeff Goldblum or Being Christopher Walken. The latter would be enormously popular. Kolya - This Oscar-winning foreign film showed us that heartwarming tales of old, curmudgeonly Sean Connery lookalikes who learn to love the young child they’re forced to take care of are universal. But I’d like to see the same plot in other countries besides Czechoslovakia, just to be sure. Waiting for Guffman - Oh wait, Christopher Guest has been continually remaking this movie, only without association. Never mind. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/cinemarian/archive/2008/5/13/29021.aspx Post By: CinemaRian
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Body: Anyone who doesn't like Kids is just jealous. This is a portrait of the adolecent years we all wanted to have! But seriously, folks, Kids is intended to be a horrowing look at today's youth, but it comes of as very fake. I have no doubt there really are kids with lives as sorry and sad as this, but this movie lacks any context. I could almost see Larry Clark behind the camera going "Okay, the audince is really gonna get freaked out if I show 'em this!..." The loose plot is strung together by Jennie (Chloe Sevigny) discovering that she has been infected with HIV by the only man (if you can call him that) she ever slept with, Telly (Leo Fitzpatrick). Telly doesn't know he has the virus and loves having unprotected sex with virgins. He has just set his eye on Jennie's best friend Darcy (Yakira Peguero). All of this is set against the backdrop of a lot juvinille debauchery, including drug use and murder. Although Kids calls itself a "wake-up call" on the DVD box, it's really just an attempt by Clark and screenwriter Harmony Korine to shock the audince as much as possible. The problem is not with the material, it's with approach. Clark never shows why these kids act the way they do, or gives the audince any idea as to what they could do to make it better. All of the kids except maybe Jennie are either unrmently stupid or evil, with no positive aspects as at all. I am not saying I watned to see a Stanley Kramer movie about this problem, but I wanted to see a movie that presents it for a reason, not just to be shocking. One you get desenstized to it, the movie isn't even that distrubing. It goes along with my theory that if you have something really disturbing, it needs to build up. Otherwise, you end up with a movie like this or The Passion of the Christ where the first couple scenes grab your attention, and then when nothing new happens you get bored and wish the thing was over. Clark and Korine fails in their respsonibilty to take this social problem seriously, making the film irresponsible and a waste of time. Kids (1995)
]]>Wed, 14 May 2008 01:36:33 GMTCinemaRianCinemaRian Blog5/13/2008 9:36:33 PMAnyone who doesn't like Kids is just jealous. This is a portrait of the adolecent years we all wanted to have! But seriously, folks, Kids is intended to be a horrowing look at today's youth, but it comes of as very fake. I have no doubt there really are kids with lives as sorry and sad as this, but this movie lacks any context. I could almost see Larry Clark behind the camera going "Okay, the audince is really gonna get freaked out if I show 'em this!..." The loose plot is strung together by Jennie (Chloe Sevigny) discovering that she has been infected with HIV by the only man (if you can call him that) she ever slept with, Telly (Leo Fitzpatrick). Telly doesn't know he has the virus and loves having unprotected sex with virgins. He has just set his eye on Jennie's best friend Darcy (Yakira Peguero). All of this is set against the backdrop of a lot juvinille debauchery, including drug use and murder. Although Kids calls itself a "wake-up call" on the DVD box, it's really just an attempt by Clark and screenwriter Harmony Korine to shock the audince as much as possible. The problem is not with the material, it's with approach. Clark never shows why these kids act the way they do, or gives the audince any idea as to what they could do to make it better. All of the kids except maybe Jennie are either unrmently stupid or evil, with no positive aspects as at all. I am not saying I watned to see a Stanley Kramer movie about this problem, but I wanted to see a movie that presents it for a reason, not just to be shocking. One you get desenstized to it, the movie isn't even that distrubing. It goes along with my theory that if you have something really disturbing, it needs to build up. Otherwise, you end up with a movie like this or The Passion of the Christ where the first couple scenes grab your attention, and then when nothing new happens you get bored and wish the thing was over. Clark and Korine fails in their respsonibilty to take this social problem seriously, making the film irresponsible and a waste of time. Kids (1995) http://www.spout.com/blogs/risselada/archive/2008/4/9/27134.aspx Post By: Risselada
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Post Date: 4/9/2008 1:53:00 PM
Body: This blog entry is part of my “movie year countdown round #2”. Read more about that here.Riri Shushu no subete (All About Lily Chou-Chou)Before I watched this I heard it described as a Japanese version of Kids. I like that movie and am interested in Japanese culture, but it didn't turn out to be a very good description in my opinion. I can see where they were coming from, but this movie seemed to be trying to grasp something bigger and profound than Kids. And I generally prefer a movie that keeps it simple to avoid getting to pretentious.This movie is more about some kind of search for something bigger through hero worship of a musician in this technological age. And the movie is quite long. Almost two and a half hours. The movie often shows text written on internet message boards on the screen, and I had trouble determining which characters on screen corresponded to which characters on the message board. There were some interesting and somewhat compelling moments, but all in all it was difficult to invest in the way the movie was trying to get me to.The most interesting thing was watching the special features and learning about how the movie was made. It actually started out as a website and message board where people could log on and post and in a way help create the story that eventually was turned into the film.Rating: 5/10
]]>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:53:00 GMTRisseladaRisselada Blog4/9/2008 1:53:00 PMThis blog entry is part of my &ldquo;movie year countdown round #2&rdquo;. Read more about that here.Riri Shushu no subete (All About Lily Chou-Chou)Before I watched this I heard it described as a Japanese version of Kids. I like that movie and am interested in Japanese culture, but it didn&#39;t turn out to be a very good description in my opinion. I can see where they were coming from, but this movie seemed to be trying to grasp something bigger and profound than Kids. And I generally prefer a movie that keeps it simple to avoid getting to pretentious.This movie is more about some kind of search for something bigger through hero worship of a musician in this technological age. And the movie is quite long. Almost two and a half hours. The movie often shows text written on internet message boards on the screen, and I had trouble determining which characters on screen corresponded to which characters on the message board. There were some interesting and somewhat compelling moments, but all in all it was difficult to invest in the way the movie was trying to get me to.The most interesting thing was watching the special features and learning about how the movie was made. It actually started out as a website and message board where people could log on and post and in a way help create the story that eventually was turned into the film.Rating: 5/10 http://www.spout.com/groups/Top_5/Re_Top_5_movies_that_take_place_within_24_hours/190/17439/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
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Post Date: 8/6/2007 3:09:19 PM
Body: Woah I did a search for keywords one-day on IMDB for movies that I've seen and I didn't get too much, so I think I'll have to go back and look through things myself. But here's some stuff that came up:KidsClerks.ButleyEscape from New York
]]>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:09:19 GMTRisseladaTop 58/6/2007 3:09:19 PMWoah I did a search for keywords one-day on IMDB for movies that I&#39;ve seen and I didn&#39;t get too much, so I think I&#39;ll have to go back and look through things myself. But here&#39;s some stuff that came up:KidsClerks.ButleyEscape from New York http://www.spout.com/blogs/ackio/archive/2007/5/10/8494.aspx Post By: ackio
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Post Date: 5/10/2007 4:01:17 AM
Body: Kids is the type of movie that will stay with you long after its climaxing scene. I watched this flick years back and to this day it hails as one of my all time favorite hardcore drama movies. When it was released i want to say it was edge breaking due to its insanley sensitive reflection of corrupted modern youth in America.
]]>Thu, 10 May 2007 08:01:17 GMTackioackio Blog5/10/2007 4:01:17 AMKids is the type of movie that will stay with you long after its climaxing scene. I watched this flick years back and to this day it hails as one of my all time favorite hardcore drama movies. When it was released i want to say it was edge breaking due to its insanley sensitive reflection of corrupted modern youth in America. http://www.spout.com/groups/From_Asia_With_Love/Re_Shunji_Iwai/155/7127/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
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Post Date: 4/15/2007 11:44:06 PM
Body: Oh I was just reading about All About Lily Chou-Chou a short while ago and am quite interested. I heard someone call it a Japanese version of Kids. Does that sound accurate in the least?
]]>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 03:44:06 GMTRisseladaFrom Asia With Love4/15/2007 11:44:06 PMOh I was just reading about All About Lily Chou-Chou a short while ago and am quite interested. I heard someone call it a Japanese version of Kids. Does that sound accurate in the least? http://www.spout.com/blogs/davisfreeberg/archive/2006/6/6/1387.aspx Post By: davisfreeberg
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Post Date: 6/6/2006 1:28:00 AM
Body: When I was in college Kids was one of the most popular films amoung the students. The movie itself is a graphic portrayal of a group of friends and their quest to fulfll their unquenching thirst for sex, drugs and mayham as well as the consequences suffered by their excess. The movie is very shocking at times and offers a sobering message of the dangers to the lifestyles portrayed, but also glamourizes them at the same time. I know that a lot of parents will not identify with the message of the film, but the sad truth is that many of the films central themes are common experiences for many teens today. It's a dangerous world out there and parents should be warned. While not everything turns out to be a worst case scenario in life there are many lessons that young people shouldn't have to learn early in life. Kids is shocking in the innocence that is missing and the grittiness of the film, but definetely worth checking out for the sobering view into a teenage sub-culture.
]]>Tue, 06 Jun 2006 05:28:00 GMTdavisfreebergDavis Freeberg's DVD AllStars6/6/2006 1:28:00 AMWhen I was in college Kids was one of the most popular films amoung the students. The movie itself is a graphic portrayal of a group of friends and their quest to fulfll their unquenching thirst for sex, drugs and mayham as well as the consequences suffered by their excess. The movie is very shocking at times and offers a sobering message of the dangers to the lifestyles portrayed, but also glamourizes them at the same time. I know that a lot of parents will not identify with the message of the film, but the sad truth is that many of the films central themes are common experiences for many teens today. It's a dangerous world out there and parents should be warned. While not everything turns out to be a worst case scenario in life there are many lessons that young people shouldn't have to learn early in life. Kids is shocking in the innocence that is missing and the grittiness of the film, but definetely worth checking out for the sobering view into a teenage sub-culture. http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/drugs/MemberTagFilms.aspxdrugs
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