Ken Park

Anyone seen this piece of sh!t that was directed by Larry Clark? Its been banned in almost every country including the UK and Australia (first film in over 30 years to be rejected censorship for a film festival, let alone wide release), and I\'m pretty sure no ones picked it up for distribution in the US.

It revolves around 3 different friends of Ken Park, a teen who kills himself at the local skate park. Its basically full of child porn, incest and murder. It has absolutely no plot, and makes no sense, other then implying that no one remembers who you are once your dead.

Anyone think this is creative license gone too far?

all of larry clarks films are pieces of shit

kids, another day in paradise, bully, etc

the man should be barred from filmmaking

he is a pedophile and his films show that

Never heard of him or his films ....and from the looks of things i don\'t want to.

So I am banning you and racer from ever telling me.

and how exactly did you see it racer if it was banned

Originally posted by ##RaCeR##
other then implying that no one remembers who you are once your dead.

Hehe, makes me want to see it already. I\'ve only seen Kids from his hand, so can\'t really comment on him as a director. I like diversity though and I think we need anti-Hollywood blockbustes too. Perhaps it\'s just the European art snob side in me talking.

Then again, I\'m the same guy who wants to see The Brown Bunny because Chloë Sevigny performs onscreen fellatio.

vincent gallo did brown bunny, reason enough to watch it

Originally posted by mm
vincent gallo did brown bunny, reason enough to watch it

Heh, he also apologized for making it.

It has not been banned here.
Sounds like crap so I wont see it.

I had a friend in high school that though "Kids" was the greatest movie ever. He had the big ass movie poster on his wall and everything.


I thought it was one of the crappier movies I\'d ever seen.

[Kurt Angle]

Sounds like shit to me.

I\'ve got another couple of points.

1) Creative license can never go too far. If you think that you might as well be living in a facist country (well, with your government banning and censoring stuff it seems you already do).

2) Censorship = suckage. Why should any adult not have the option to watch (or read etc.) whatever he damn well pleases? Censorship is simply stupid by nature.

The only one of Clark\'s films I\'ve seen is "Kids," and I hold a grudge against him for that alone.  It was skillfully made, interesting, shocking, but when I think about the message behind it, it really filled me with rage.  The US has been developing an unwritten cultural policy of scapegoating children for everything that\'s wrong with our society.  Then this nimrod comes along to perpetuate the myth by making a fictional story in the guise of "reality" style filmmaking.  I remember most viewers at the time were suckered in by it, thinking they were seeing some great TRUTH, when in fact they were just being manipulated.  I\'m not saying Clark had some hidden agenda, just that he\'s as ignorant as the rest of the unthinking terrified masses in this country.

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[GmanJoe]

I saw Bully a few nights ago.

Disturbing. Not a movie I\'d ever want to see again.

Gman, Ken Park is like Bully, just another step up in terms of indecency.

Ken Park is available from numourous internet and P2P sites.

IMO, I don\'t think this kind of thing should have been banned at the Sydney and Melbourne film festivals. Film festivals are pretty big over here, and it gives new talent a place to showcase their work. If it had of been viewed here, it would have just proved what a whack job Larry Clark is and how he needs to be locked up for good. Artists, no matter what kind, should have a place for people to view their \'art\'. Its disgusting, but art is supposed to envoke emotion, and thats exactly what its done to me.

This movie is seriously disturbing. You see a boy skate to his local skatepark as the beginning credits roll, he is listening to some pretty heavy music. He sits down in the middle of the park, gets a camcorder out of his bag and places it facing him, then pulls a gan out and shoots himself in the head. The viewer see everything, the massive explosion that comes from the other side of his head, and they then have the nerve to show it again in slow mo.

Seriously, one of the most disturbing things I have ever seen, because it portrays suicide as something that you just go and do when life gets crappy.