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« on: August 23, 2002, 01:40:21 AM »
I just watched this movie and found it to be pretty interesting. It\'s about some kids that conspire to kill one of their classmates.
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Anyways, I just wanted to know if anyone has seen it.
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« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2002, 01:44:41 AM »
Thanks for spoiling it. ;)

Unless of course that is widely known before you actually watch the movie.
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« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2002, 09:57:55 AM »
I own the DVD and have read the book.  It\'s a true story, and the movie is very true to the book.  

It was directed by the same guy who directed "Kids".  Also a good movie, if you haven\'t seen it.

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« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2002, 10:28:18 AM »
I wonder why I haven\'t heard of this.  It sounds interesting.  I\'m going to try to find it.

I thought "Kids" was impressive and shocking, but I was disappointed by the message it sent to the nation about young people.  There\'s a good book called "Scapegoat Generation" that describes our national obsession with villifying children, and I think "Kids" was one of the movies that supports that.  Instead of portraying the vast majority of young people who are ordinary, school-attending, law-abiding members of society, "Kids" focused on a few fictional streetfighting AIDS-spreading hate mongers.  It was so effective, I didn\'t realize until later reflection how false it was.
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« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2002, 11:13:32 AM »
Kids was directed by Harmony Korine right? He\'s young himself I remember correctly. But of course, that doesn\'t make him incapable of spreading false information. :)
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« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2002, 12:02:30 PM »
I\'m glad you brought up Harmony Korine - he\'s got a couple of other shocking movies:  "Gummo" and "Julien Donkey-Boy".  I highly suggest seeing Gummo if you can find it.  I would say it\'s about 3x more shocking than "Kids", and also deals with the underbelly of our nation.  If you watch Gummo and JD-B, you may think that it\'s utter trash at first, but the acting is superb, so much so that I completely believe that most of the movie was unscripted.  See GUMMO!!!

Edit:  Korine was a writer for Kids, but directed Gummo and Julien Donkey-Boy.

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« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2002, 11:51:27 PM »
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Edit:  Korine was a writer for Kids, but directed Gummo and Julien Donkey-Boy.
Ah yeah, you\'re right. Got that mixed up. I\'ll see if I can find the other two movies (Julien Donkey-Boy was filmed digitally I believe, so that would make another reason for me to watch it :D).

BTW, that actor in Kids (the \'main\' kid; the nasty boy) - yuck, he\'s really creepy. :sleepy:
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