Harmony Korine *VHS* Double Bill at The Shacklewell Arms 06/11/11

A Harmony Korine Double Bill
Trash Humpers and Gummo

Special Double VHS Screening

Shacklewell Arms
71 Shacklewell Lane
London E8 2EB

(Tube: Dalston Kingsland
Buses: 242, 149, 67, 76, 243)

Sunday 6th November

6pm

£5

Trash Humpers

A return to indie filmmaking after Mister Lonely, Trash Humpers concerns a gang of masked nocturnal wanderers who behave in unexpected ways, do unexpected things, and are generally like no other characters ever seen on screen. Reminiscent of David Lynch’s Inland Empire, filmed on video and cut on two VCRs, it is a tribute to the golden age of VHS made in opposition to what Korine has described as the “obsession nowadays with technology and the fact that everything looks so clear” with Trash Humpers celebrating the “strange beauty in the analogue” to create a film that can make you look away as much as make you laugh. Literally the filthiest film in the world (sorry, Pink Flamingos).

“Deliberate and provocative… counter-cinema at its best… to remind us of the power of film.”
– Little White Lies

“One of the most fully-formed (and undeniably affecting) art movies of recent years.”
– Ultra Culture

“The home movie from hell”
– The Guardian

“A corrective to Hollywood”
– The Observer

“Has no small share of perverse beauty, particularly for those who miss thea charming imperfections of videocassettes in this squeaky-clean digital era” – Variety

Gummo
Korine’s first outing as director after writing Larry Clark’s Kids, Gummo presents a series of vignettes based around a small town hit by a tornado, two paint-sniffing adolescent boys, two teenage girls exploring sexuality and beauty with Korine’s ensemble of outcasts trying to find ways to pass the time in unusual and often extreme ways. Inspiring comparisons with Werner Herzog and Lars Von Trier, Gummo made Korine one of the most exciting and divisive figures in American cinema.

“Extraordinary… and disturbing. The most exciting debut by a director of his generation” – Dazed and Confused

“One of the most truthful pieces of filmmaking in a long time”
– Johnny Depp

“It knocked me off my chair”
– Werner Herzog –

“Breathtakingly original”

– Time Out

“Genius” –
Gus Van Sant