![]() The movie portrayedĪ dark, depraved world, but it was especially haunting because it maintained a stark realism throughout.Ī hit at Sundance and Cannes, "Kids" transcended the perceived limitations of its NC-17 rating and grossed $20 million at the box office, effectively turning Korine into a major pop culture figure. Portrait of New York’s underground youth culture. The young writer recorded conversations with his friends as theīasis for a highly naturalistic flow of dialogue, resulting in a seminal ![]() A serious film geek raisedīy a documentary filmmaker in Nashville, Korine turned Clark’s idea forĪ movie about promiscuous teenagers whose antics ultimately lead toĪn AIDS dilemma into a full-fledged screenplay over the course of three Washington Square Park, quickly overshadowed the sheer determination involved in his first completed screenplay. Korine’s origin story, the tale ofĪ disillusioned NYU dropout discovered by Clark while skating around In 1995, Korine came out nowhere andīecame an overnight media darling, stealing the spotlight from "Kids" director Larry Clark and quickly taking advantage of the attention to project his bad boy image across the world. Now approaching middle age andĪrguably more influential than ever, Korine remains a knowingly sensationalistic and innovative creative mind.īut it’s been a bumpy ride. Ible prodigy who wrote the screenplay for Larry Clark’s "Kids" in 1992, Korine has retained his stature as the ultimate cinematic provocateur: Heīoth intelligently observes modern social milieus and gleefully thumbs The case for Harmony Korine, still one of the most prominent subversiveĮver since erupting onto the independent film scene as the irrepress. The years that the term has practically lost its value. So many artists have staked a claim to creating “subversive” work over Throughout his career he has also continued as a mixed-media artist whose fields included music videos, paintings, photography, publishing, songwriting, and performance art. Surviving an early career burnout, he resurfaced with a trifecta of insightful works that built on his earlier aesthetic leanings: a surprisingly delicate rumination on identity (" Mister Lonely," 2007), a gritty quasi-diary film ("Trash Humpers," 2009) and a blistering portrait of American hedonism (" Spring Breakers," 2013), which yielded significant commercial success. With his audacious 1999 digital video drama " Julien Donkey-Boy," Korine continued to demonstrate a penchant for fusing experimental, subversive interests with lyrical narrative techniques. Throughout his career he has also continued as a mixed-media artist whose fields included music videos, paintings, photography, publishing, songwriting, and performance art.He parlayed the success of "Kids" into directing the dreamy portrait of neglect "Gummo" two years later. Surviving an early-career burnout, he resurfaced with a trifecta of insightful works that built on his earlier aesthetic leanings: a surprisingly delicate rumination on identity ( Mister Lonely, 2007), a gritty quasi-diary film ( Trash Humpers, 2009) and a blistering portrait of American hedonism ( Spring Breakers, 2013), which yielded significant commercial success. With his audacious 1999 digital video drama Julien Donkey-Boy, Korine continued to demonstrate a penchant for fusing experimental, subversive interests with lyrical narrative techniques. He parlayed the success of Kids into directing the dreamy portrait of neglect Gummo two years later. Now approaching middle age, and more influential than ever, Korine remains intentionally sensationalistic and ceaselessly creative. He both intelligently observes modern social milieus and simultaneously thumbs his nose at them. ![]() Ever since his entry into the independent film scene as the irrepressible prodigy who wrote the screenplay for Larry Clark's Kids in 1992, Korine has retained his stature as the ultimate cinematic provocateur. 1973) remains one of the most prominent and yet subversive filmmakers in America. ![]() Bringing together interviews collected from over two decades, this unique chronicle includes rare interviews unavailable in print for years and an extensive, new conversation recorded at the filmmaker's home in Nashville.Īfter more than twenty years, Harmony Korine (b. Harmony Korine: Interviews tracks filmmaker Korine's stunning rise, fall, and rise again through his own evolving voice.
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