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Gummo

Gummo

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Key Information
Directors: Harmony Korine
Stars: Chlok Sevigny
Actors: Carisa Bara
Genre: Dramas
Subgenre: Independent · Disturbing · Short Stories · Drugs · Poverty · Teenagers
MPAA Rating: R (MPAA)
Available Formats: VHS
UPC: 794043523625
Release Date: 1997
Running Time: 1hr 28min
Languages
Original Language: English
DVD Editions
: Format: DVD, 1hr 28min
Release Company: Warner Home Video (March 20, 2001)
UPC: 794043523625
VHS Editions
: Format: VHS, 1hr 28min
Release Company: New Line Home Video (March 24, 1998)
UPC: 794043462733
Credits
Screenwriter: Harmony Korine
Quotes from the Movie
: "Life is great. Without it you'd be dead."--Solomon (Jacob Reynolds)
More Information
Details: More a poetic collage than a narrative story, GUMMO presents the viewer with a lavish feast of images--some disturbing, some gorgeous, all memorable. In the small impoverished town of Xenia, Ohio, Solomon (Jacob Reynolds) and Tummler (Nick Sutton) spend their teenage boyhood killing cats, sniffing glue, and generally trying to alleviate their boredom. The town's other residents find their own amusements. Solomon's mother (Linda Manz, of DAYS OF HEAVEN, a film that GUMMO's dreamlike imagery evokes) tap-dances, local teen siren Dot (Chlok Sevigny) puts tape on her nipples, and Bunny Boy (Jacob Sewell) explores the desolate suburban landscape on his skateboard, wearing pink rabbit ears. Xenia and its inhabitants have never quite recovered from the tornado that ripped the town apart 20 years ago; the place remains inside out, raw, and shattered. <br> <br> GUMMO's gritty realism is enhanced by director Harmony Korine's use of real locations in and around Nashville, Tennessee, and his use of nonprofessional ...
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