Harmony Korine may be famed for his controversial films, but it’s the films he HASN’T made that really show him off to his full and utterly mad potential. ![]() No wonder he’s been described as “one of the most untamed new directors”. Next up came Gummo, which features two teenage boys who divide their time between killing cats and shagging girls, the unsettling Julien Donkey-Boy, which weaves a tale of untreated schizophrenia and possible incest, and Mister Lonely, which focuses on a “family” of celebrity impersonators and suicidal nuns. Think date rape, physical violence, sex with barely-pubescent minors and extremely explicit sexual scenes. Also starring James Franco, Ashley Benson and Karine’s wife Rachel, the crime drama has received generally favourable reviews from the critics – despite some shying away from his modernised interpretation on the hedonistic American dream.īut what else could we expect from the man who specialises in the tumultuous, the discomforting, the controversial and the wildly dysfunctional? Korine’s first script was the extremely provocative Kids, which told the tale of an HIV positive teen intent on spreading his disease. Harmony Korine is the name on EVERYBODY’S lips at the moment, thanks to his directorial credit on “controversial” film Spring Breakers, which sees former Disney actresses Vanessa Hudgens and Selena Gomez strip off, pick up guns, do drugs and engage in some pretty bad girl activity on screen. ![]() Spring Breakers, Trash Humpers, Kids, Mister Lonely, Gummo, The Diary of Anne Frank Part II Director, writer, actor, photographer, documentarian, pig-fanaticist Films include:
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