Although this certainly isn't for everyone, Gummo is one of my all-time favorites and grows in my estimation every time I watch it. Especially as most "indie" films these days are merely mainstream family flicks with a few quirks tossed in and Futura font, this is truly provocative cinema, a movie that stirs the emotion and offers a thought-provokingly nihilist worldview that is a complete 180 from the bland, "life-affirming" fare that passes not only for mainstream but also for avant garde these days. In the strange, vulgar lives of these real Ohio townspeople, we find a strange, true beauty that is utterly lacking from most Hollywood actors and actresses or their unreal realms.