He is best known for writing kids 1995 and for writing and directing gummo 1997, julien donkeyboy 1999, mister lonely 2007 and spring breakers 2012. Read the trash humpers movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. Trash humpers compilation from movie by harmony korine. A film unearthed from the buried landscape of the american nightmare, trash humpers follows a small group of elderly peeping toms through the shadows and margins of an unfamiliar world. Harmony korine on trash humpers posted by aaron hillis on may 6th from the disconcertingly funny, weirdo americana of gummo to the vaudevillian drama of a celebrityimpersonator commune in mister lonely, the beautifully grotesque films of indie auteur harmony korine always become, without fail, cult treasures that get. September 21st, when trash humpers becomes available on dvd, complete. The official soundtrack to harmony korines new film, trash humpers, is being released in a similar ultralimited edition run, although whether it will prove quite as attractive to collectors is. Harmony korine was born in 1973 in bolinas, california.
Filmmaker harmony korine often accompanied the film, standing around and. Harmony korines mister lonely 2007 is showing march 24 april 23, 2018 and trash humpers 2009 from march 25 april 24, 2018 on mubi in the united states. Trash humpers is either hilarious or horrible, depending on your taste. Clips assembled from harmony korine s great 2009 movie trash humpers. Harmony korine is the writer of kids and ken park, and the director of gummo, julien donkeyboy, mister lonely, trash humpers and spring breakers the latter of which also happens to be, thus far, the best american film of. Harmony korines trash humpers soundtrack is a load of. Trash humpers not banned, hump trash scanners roger ebert. Thats how we decided to make a movie that replicated an old vhs tape. The schizoid characters populating harmony korines very literally titled trash humpers are too busy fornicating with trees and trash cans to talk, but when they do, they speak in. Age cannot wither harmony korine harmony korine the.
His film trash humpers 2009 premiered at the toronto international film festival and won the main prize, the dox award, at the cph. All harmony korine movies ranked from worst to best. Trash humpers, far being an authentic expression of the american id, is a nostalgic lament for an era in which korines films could be held up, rightly or wrongly, as transgressive. There was something interesting there, maybe some kind of film. They all feature more fullfrontal nudity, onscreen sex, violence, rape andor. Shot on worn vhs home video, the film features a losergang cultfreak collective living in nashville, tennessee. Posted on thursday, september 10th, 2009 by russ fischer update. Portrait of a serial killer and the jackass movies. These elements of both comedy and horror both work to make the movie at least watchable at. After gummo 1997 and julien donkeyboy 1999, harmony korine brings an ode to vandalism. Harmony korines lastest film trash humpers follows a gang of oldfaced degenerates, wandering through the streets of a suburbia, fking shit and fing shit up. A film unearthed from the buried landscape of the american nightmare trash humpers follows a small group of elderly peeping.
Harmony korine fans should enjoy this white trash odyssey into the never before seen bowels of american backwoods culture. You can take harmony korines latest film to task for plenty of transgressions. Trash humpers director, screenwriter, cinematographer, actor. This articles plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Korines trash humpers is a weird look at the underside of a society obsessed with being young and carefree. Harmony korine shocked a nation with his first movie script, 1995s kids, about drugaddled adolescents wallowing in ennui and sex. Harmony korine trash humpers ost 2010, vinyl discogs. There is no doubt in my mind that this is the best movie i have ever seen, hands down. A film unearthed from the buried landscape of the american nightmare. The movie is peppered with more scenes of the gang humping trash. Korines fourth featurehis second after emerging from the widely documented downward spiral that nearly ended his career, and his first to be shot in his hometown of nashville since his 1997 debut, gummochronicles the exploits of several grotesque. I really enjoyed gummo but this, this is complete garbage about 3 people.
This book, the trash humpers, is based on the photographic research for korines latest directorial project of the same name. Trash humpers harmony korine 2009, 78 minutes hellraiser clive barker 1987, 94 minutes quickened the play speed of hellraiser. Harmony korine is the oneman awkward squad of indie cinema, and his new film trash humpers, a tale of delinquent seniors, looks to be his most offputting yet. After gummo 1997 and julien donkeyboy 1999, harmony korine brings an. Psychological drama trash film mockumentary teen movie family drama ensemble film. Easily one of the worst films ive ever seen, certainly the worst of harmony korine. Drag city pointed out that the company carries harmony korines other movies, and films that feature more full frontal nudity, onscreen sex, violence, rape andor murder than trash humpers, including antichrist, irreversible, henry. It is perhaps redundant to call harmony korines trash humpers a provocation. Harmony korine s lastest film trash humpers follows a gang of oldfaced degenerates, wandering through the streets of a suburbia, fking shit and fing shit up. Its oddly affecting in a deeply discomfiting way, but trash humpers pales in comparison with harmony korines earlier, truly. Trash humpers, far being an authentic expression of the american id, is a nostalgic lament for an era in which korine s films could be held up, rightly or wrongly, as transgressive.
Released on lofi vhs and edited in part while blindfoldedor so korine atteststhe 78minute movie follows a gang of miscreants who roam the streets of nashville, molesting garbage bins and causing random mayhem. Trash humpers isnt just subcultural debris, thats also its topic. Trash humpers 2009 all that signifies the harmony korine experience seems to culminate in this misanthropic artefact. Trash humpers follows a small group of elderly peeping toms through the shadows and margins of an unfamiliar world. Vinyl 7 harmony korine trash humpers ost 2010, vinyl discogs. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and.
The participants themselves, as true sociopaths, crudely document their debased and shocking actions. Korine conjures this perverse artifact with an abrasiveness that only shooting on vhs tape can convey, with tracking issues, dropouts and boxy, incamera harmony korines lastest film trash humpers follows. Find films and movies featuring harmony korine on allmovie. Well, harmony korines new film, trash humpers, afflicts everyone, the afflicted and the comfortable. A dadaist delight, harmony korines trash humpers is a direct descendant of jack smiths flaming creatures, perhaps the first and only. Crudely documented by the participants themselves, we follow the debased and shocking actions of a group of true sociopaths the likes of which have never been seen before.
Harmony korines trash humpers is a film critics worst nightmare audibly grating, visually distorted, completely random, and lacking any kind of discernible narrative other than what youd gather from the title, its 77 minutes of actors in terrifying oldpeople makeup committing acts of vandalism and murder, molesting garbage cans, and masturbating foliage. Clips assembled from harmony korines great 2009 movie trash humpers. Netflix refuses to stock harmony korines trash humpers vulture. Read about the trash humpers dvd and browse other dvd movies. He wants us to feel our misplaced fear and revulsion to oldage and abnormality. Trust me, i have have seen a lot of movies but this one is the bees knees. Trash humpers is a 2009 experimental black comedy horror film written and directed by harmony korine. Korine conjures this perverse artifact with an abrasiveness that only shooting on vhs tape can convey, with tracking. Korines wandering camera hobnobs distractedly with a handful of misfits, anonymous characters in. With rachel korine, brian kotzur, travis nicholson, harmony korine. Five favorite films with harmony korine movie and tv news. Detractors account for his success by referring to an experimental visual style and subjects that tend to be, as variety called the humpers, riveting beyond rationality.
Think of trash humpers as a live action version of squidbillies mixed in with some gummo and a dash of deliverance. Cinema scope spotlight harmony korines trash humpers. Arbiters of culture and morality wrung their hands, but two firsttime actors in kidschlo sevigny and rosario dawsonfound longtime fame in the ensuing years. Too often harmony korine is dismissed as a mere provocateur, the dubious character behind films like gummo and trash humpers that are aesthetically, well, trashy. Netflix refuses to stock harmony korines trash humpers. Follows the lives of a small group of sociopathic elderly people in nashville, tennessee. At the age of nineteen, he wrote the critically acclaimed screenplay kids 1995 for director larry clark. See the full list of trash humpers cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. His family moved to the east coast of the united states when he was five, and he spent his early years in nashville, tennessee, and new york. Americana goes rancid in writerdirector harmony korines tale of three. Korine himself went on to direct several audaciously polarizing feature films.
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