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Titolo: New Film by Harmony Korine: "Julien Donkey-Boy"

New Film by Harmony Korine: "Julien Donkey-Boy"
Opening Dates for this Film:
New York - October 8
Los Angeles - October 15
National - October 22
Writer/Director - Harmony Korine
Julien Donkey-Boy (1999) - Writer, Director 
Gummo (1997) - Writer, Director 
Kids (1995) - Writer 
Synopsis of "Julien Donkey-Boy"
Julien works as an attendant in a school for the blind, helping the
vision-impaired as they learn to navigate the world around them. Julien is also
a schizophrenic who lives with his pregnant sister Pearl (Chloë Sevigny), his
high school athlete brother Chris, his grandmother, and his overbearing,
abusive father (Werner Herzog). As the film opens, Julien stumbles upon a small
boy playing with several turtles he has found in the woods.  A mysterious and
unexplained act of violence follows as Julien impulsively attacks the boy.
Afterwards, Julien drifts back to his day to day activities. But, as he tries
to provide comfort to his sister while also befriending a young blind
ice-skater, Julien's internal struggle increases in intensity until the film's
shocking and bizarrely transcendent conclusion.  
For more information go to:
<A HREF="
http://www.harmonykorine.com
">
www.HarmonyKorine.com
</A>
steve
webmaster
HarmonyKorine.com
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"I care about making new kinds of dramas, new ways to watch films."
Harmony Korine
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Harmony Korine - New York Times - September 12, 1999
"For the longest time I was willing to die for film. When I make a film, it
consumes me to such a degree that it feels it's my only purpose for living. My
relationships are damaged, I don't know how to tie my shoes and I can't make my
bed. Or I can, but I don't think about these things, and my life suffers
because of that."
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Harmony Korine - New York Times - September 12, 1999
"I think it would be a worse kind of discrimination not to use people because
of the way they look or because of their handicap or their strangeness. You can
show Tom Hanks stuttering or Dustin Hoffman doing his 'Rain Man' thing and they
win Oscars for playing cute, lovable mentally insane people. That makes me
angry, because as soon as you show someone screaming with fear at the voices
they hear in their heads, puking on themselves or punching themselves in the
face, it becomes 'exploitation.' But to me it becomes something meaningful."
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Harmony Korine - Interview Magazine November 1997
"When I look at the history of film-the early commercial narrative movies
directed by D.W. Griffith, say-and then look at where films are now, I see so
little progression in the way they are made and presented,and I'm bored with
that. Film can be so much more. With Gummo I wanted to create a new viewing
experience with images coming from all directions. To free myself up to do
that, I had to create some kind of scenario that would allow me to just show
scenes, which is all I care about. I can't stand plots, because I don't feel
life has plots. There is no beginning, middle, or end, and it upsets me when
things are tied up so perfectly."
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For more information go to:
<A HREF="
http://www.harmonykorine.com
">
www.HarmonyKorine.com
</A>

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