4X4: HARMONY KORINE PT. 1 OF 2: BEAUTIFUL LOSERS

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4X4: HARMONY KORINE PT. 1 OF 2: BEAUTIFUL LOSERS

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GUMMO & JULIEN DONKEY-BOY

You must out-plastic them this episode: Jack “The Jammin' Jabber” along with regional chair-wrestling champion Ken join Thomas (it’s just Thomas) for the second director in our 4x4 series Harmony Korine (1973 – 4ever) covering not just why angels ain’t got no hooves but Korine’s first two films GUMMO (1997) and JULIEN DONKEY-BOY (1999). 

Auteur of “mistakist art” and partially raised by circus folks before his buddy got his head cut off in this park in Nashville—Harmony Korine—yes, we could cover more of the life of this enfant terrible in these show notes but if you invite Hitler into your home make sure you have ground rules about eating titties. 

TOP 100 SECRETS KNOWN TO THE ILLUMINATI THAT MAY HAVE KILLED BOB HOPE 

#62 – The connection between Meryl Streep and Harmony Korine

GUMMO – Fictionally located and originally meant to be shot in Xeno, OH, home of Alien World Skateboards and many devastating tornadoes (instead shot in Harmony’s hometown of Nashville, TN), this premiere film reintroduced to the world Nick Sutton (in the role of Tummler), previously unseen since his appearance on the Sally Jessy Raphael episode “My Child Died From Sniffing Paint” and Linda Mantz back onscreen after 16 years as mother to Nick’s friend, fellow entrepreneur, and occasional narrator Solomon. Layering of images and sound and little rooster goes cock-a-doodle-doo-doo-la-doo-la-doo and blurring the line between script and fiction and the lives of those the camera normally doesn’t see and sure, sure, nothing new for trash like you. 

JULIEN DONKEY-BOY – Invited to make the first film in the U.S. under Dogme 95 rules (which it’d break and be the second American film to do so), Korine chose to induce schizophrenia in viewers through digital cameras, editing, and a titular character based on his uncle who would have been cast in the film but failed to receive institutional release. With blind ice skaters, armless drummer, and a cast of non-professional actors, this film in 2022 remains ranked in the Top 20 films of all times starring a Black albino straight from Alabama. Plus, Werner Herzog as Julien’s father holds court at the dinner table, recounting a scene from Dirty Harry. 

Sit back with a brown paper bag of your favorite brand of huffing glue (or vintage cough syrup and house slipper if that’s your poison) and enjoy the careening visual lyricism that is Harmony.

(episode write-up by Thomas)

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