"Spring Breakers" (Harmony Korine)

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 3:20 am

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Provocateur Harmony Korine has again reached deep inside his bag of WTF for his latest feature, Spring Breakers. Set for release in 2013, the movie's casting has generated quite a buzz already: It features Disney star Selena Gomez being bad, James Franco in cornrows and Georgia rapper Gucci Mane shouting his name a lot (presumably).

But things got even weirder when it was announced that Grammy-winning Corey Feldman-lookalike Skrillex has signed on for the score. West Coast Sound has learned exclusively that the deal was finalized after an intense meeting between Skrillex, Korine, Franco and Gucci over lunch on a private island near the Amalfi coast of Italy. Thanks to a secret microphone hidden in the jack-o'-lantern chain around the neck of rapper Riff Raff (who was hiding in the bushes), we've obtained the full transcript from the conversation.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:28 am

we're there dude

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:35 am

A lot of this was filmed near where I live. Didn't realize it was a Harmony Korine film. I just thought it was going to be some Disney family type film. Now I'm interested in seeing it.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:34 pm

Dan wrote: Didn't realize it was a Harmony Korine film. I just thought it was going to be some Disney family type film..

these photoshops have been killing me, there's a better one out there too I can't find right now

movie is gonna be what magic mike is for bitches

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:47 pm

drizzle wrote:
Dan wrote: Didn't realize it was a Harmony Korine film. I just thought it was going to be some Disney family type film..
these photoshops have been killing me, there's a better one out there too I can't find right now

movie is gonna be what magic mike is for bitches

Ironically, Magic Mike had a lot of scenes filmed around me, too. I haven't checked out that one.

Kid That's Lifeless · Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:50 pm

I'm in.

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 1:13 pm

Harmony Korine is a talentless hack but this is getting seen like Woah.

Cash Rulz · Post by **Cash Rulz** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 2:18 pm

And I have bad taste in movies.

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 2:20 pm

mad h8 up in thread.

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 2:22 pm

Cash Rulz wrote:And I have bad taste in movies.

If you like any Harmony Korine movies, then yes. yes you do.

siLLy KiD · Post by **siLLy KiD** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 5:52 pm

Blockhead wrote:
Cash Rulz wrote:And I have bad taste in movies.
If you like any Harmony Korine movies, then yes. yes you do.

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Kids? Gummo? Julian Donkey Boy? Ken Park? I didn't make it through Trash Humpers, but he's got a pretty impressive oeuvre...

LilLeftBrain · Post by **LilLeftBrain** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 6:01 pm

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 6:03 pm

lol no he doesn't, and he didn't even direct kids

i never seen donkeyboy, but for the sake of argument... kids and gummo are mostly good for unintentional comedy and weirdness value. both could've been great explorations of little seen subcultures if they didn't succumb to heavy handed moralism and blatant exploitation bordering on poverty porn, respectively. the aids subplot in kids is laughably bad

siLLy KiD · Post by **siLLy KiD** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 6:41 pm

drizzle wrote:lol no he doesn't, and he didn't even direct kids

i never seen donkeyboy, but for the sake of argument... kids and gummo are mostly good for unintentional comedy and weirdness value. both could've been great explorations of little seen subcultures if they didn't succumb to heavy handed moralism and blatant exploitation bordering on poverty porn, respectively. the aids subplot in kids is laughably bad

He wrote Kids. And Gummo and Kids are both fantastic films and there's nothing unintentional about the comedy at all. You're just wrong about the beards, Marshall....sorry...

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 6:51 pm

i know he wrote kids, that's why i have no qualms blaming him for its glaring faults which are mostly due to the script that bears all the marks of a 22 year old trying to tackle IMPORTANT RELEVANT TOPICS

gummo is an unrepentant freakshow and the positive documentary intentions he has are almost nullified by the way he parades his characters for the viewers amusement . most attempts to gain some insight into them are lost behind heaps of almost pornographic weirdness he throws at the screen

siLLy KiD · Post by **siLLy KiD** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 7:16 pm

So what I'm saying I guess is - what's wrong with that? lol. I'm not disagreeing with you, just not agreeing with you that it's necessarily a bad thing. Maybe the problem is you want those movies to be something they aren't, I can understand that. I just don't think he's ever fallen short of what he's tried to accomplish. You either enjoy it or you don't. I don't think he is some sort of prodigy genius film maker or writer, but I do like the fact that he makes/writes films that involve people and places that otherwise don't ever get any attention. Donkey Boy is a prime example of that. He based the character off of his uncle who is a paranoid schizophrenic and wanted to make the film because of the way schizophrenic's are often portrayed in mainstream cinema (i.e. Russel Crowe being the lovable character in 'A Beautiful Mind').

The fact that you refer to Gummo as a freakshow is precisely why I like that movie so much. That's EXACTLY what it is. You don't need a complex story line in that movie. He gives the audience what they want and force feeds them what they don't want and then makes them wonder if they actually maybe do want it...lol. It's just fucked up shit, but I guess it's not for everyone. Ken Park is probably the most ruthless of them all, I had to order my DVD from Russia because apparently it's banned (or was at least) in the U.S.

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 7:54 pm

Larry Clark is responsible for all the good parts of KIDS (a movie that i greatly enjoy partially cause it was something very close to me as a downtown manhattan dude from that era who knew a bunch of people in that movie).
Didn't see Ken PArk but Clark did that, not Korine.
Gummo, aside from some of the funny documentary parts, is absolutely awful. Like top five worst movies of all time. His other movies are even worse than that. He's a terrible , terrible film maker. He's a pretentious, talentless, try hard who has no fucking idea what he's doing
His movies are like the film equivalent to some dude who heard a mediocre Anticon record as the first rap song they ever heard and started rapping right after that.
He is the epitome of hack.

That said, I'll be paying for this movie cause I wanna see how crazy he can make disney hoes go.

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 8:08 pm

Blockhead wrote:Larry Clark is responsible for all the good parts of KIDS (a movie that i greatly enjoy partially cause it was something very close to me as a downtown manhattan dude from that era who knew a bunch of people in that movie).
Didn't see Ken PArk but Clark did that, not Korine.
Gummo, aside from some of the funny documentary parts, is absolutely awful. Like top five worst movies of all time. His other movies are even worse than that. He's a terrible , terrible film maker. He's a pretentious, talentless, try hard who has no fucking idea what he's doing
His movies are like the film equivalent to some dude who heard a mediocre Anticon record as the first rap song they ever heard and started rapping right after that.
He is the epitome of hack.

That said, I'll be paying for this movie cause I wanna see how crazy he can make disney hoes go.

Mad rage AND a subliminal diss in that post, bro.

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 8:10 pm

siLLy KiD wrote: Ken Park is probably the most ruthless of them all, I had to order my DVD from Russia because apparently it's banned (or was at least) in the U.S.

If you think that has any resonance beyond simply being gratuitous and shocking for the sake of shocking, you're a bigger faggot that I think you are. If after viewing Ken Park you walked away with a lesson or a "deeper meaning", you definitely inhale wildcocks.

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 8:26 pm

Employee wrote:
Blockhead wrote:Larry Clark is responsible for all the good parts of KIDS (a movie that i greatly enjoy partially cause it was something very close to me as a downtown manhattan dude from that era who knew a bunch of people in that movie).
Didn't see Ken PArk but Clark did that, not Korine.
Gummo, aside from some of the funny documentary parts, is absolutely awful. Like top five worst movies of all time. His other movies are even worse than that. He's a terrible , terrible film maker. He's a pretentious, talentless, try hard who has no fucking idea what he's doing
His movies are like the film equivalent to some dude who heard a mediocre Anticon record as the first rap song they ever heard and started rapping right after that.
He is the epitome of hack.

That said, I'll be paying for this movie cause I wanna see how crazy he can make disney hoes go.
Mad rage AND a subliminal diss in that post, bro.

I truly hate that dudes movies.

siLLy KiD · Post by **siLLy KiD** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:49 pm

Employee wrote:
siLLy KiD wrote: Ken Park is probably the most ruthless of them all, I had to order my DVD from Russia because apparently it's banned (or was at least) in the U.S.
If you think that has any resonance beyond simply being gratuitous and shocking for the sake of shocking, you're a bigger faggot that I think you are. If after viewing Ken Park you walked away with a lesson or a "deeper meaning", you definitely inhale wildcocks.

Since when do you need to walk away from a movie with a lesson or a "deeper meaning." A lot of David Lynches films fall under that category and people hang from his dick left and right. I wouldn't say Ken Park is merely shocking for the sake of being shocking, but it's definitely a different kind of shocking. Ken Park is a look into a very real but rarely acknowledged or portrayed setting. If you've ever been to Visalia (and hopefully you never have or will), you would understand it better. I just find the subject matters they portray in their films to be refreshing and, yes, sometimes shocking. I'm not saying they are groundbreaking film makers, but their films have their place in cinema. I'm sure a lot of people hate them, but obviously a lot of people love them and that's why people are continuing to invest money into their projects. You don't have to like him, or even acknowledge him as being an important role in the indie film industry, but the dude has made his mark and there's a reason why. It's just not for everyone I guess.

and @Block - Again, Korine wrote Ken Park. And are you really trying to say that NONE of the dialogue in KIDS stands out and makes that movie great? Cmon son...that movie is full of classic lines. Him and Clark work together on almost every one of their well known films, it's kind of hard to hate one and like the other. Not to mention the fact that he was 19 fucking years old when he wrote KIDS, give the kid a break (pun fully intended). If I've learned one thing about you over the years though it's that a punchable face can really make you dislike someone...which, in this case, I can fully understand and even partially agree with you.

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:04 am

SK, Where did you get the idea that him and clark work together often? aside from kids and Ken Park, they've done nothing together. When Clark ahsn't worked on his movies, they've been absolute disasters. Julian donkey boy and trash humpers are unwatchable to even the most pretentious art film faggot.
Gummo is slightly better but still terrible.
I don't think Clark is a genius or anything but he does make watchable movies. Bully, Wassup rockers and Kids are all entertaining movies. Hell, ever "Teenaged cavemen" is watchable for a B-movie.
I don't dislike him cause of his face. I think he lacks talent and is nauseatingly pretentious. Also, you don't get a pass cause you did something when you were 19. Matty rich made "straight outta brooklyn" when he was 19 and it's probably as bad as Trash humpers. Bad is bad. Kids was good cause of everything BUT the script.

siLLy KiD · Post by **siLLy KiD** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 1:01 am

i didn't say often, I said almost everyone of their well known films: Kids, Ken Park (I thought he worked on Gummo, but realize now he did not, my b). I dunno, it's probably because I'm a faggot ass film major that I have learned to appreciate films that lack a straight forward narrative, but I can understand how some people would find them hard to watch. I don't think it has anything to do with being pretentious though, and that's just my opinion. I wasn't the biggest fan of Amon Tobin's "Foley Room," but I definitely appreciate it for what it is and don't think it's pretentious or just different for being different's sake. I've been exposed to a lot of different types of experimental films and usage of the medium so I can appreciate it, but yah, I can see why people wouldn't like his films. And honestly, I also couldn't make it through trash humpers, although I really wanted to.

Cash Rulz · Post by **Cash Rulz** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 9:29 am

Blockhead wrote:
Cash Rulz wrote:And I have bad taste in movies.
If you like any Harmony Korine movies, then yes. yes you do.

Uh, yall the ones all excited about the jawn. I have no idea who the bitch is.

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:27 am

siLLy KiD wrote: I dunno, it's probably because I'm a faggot ass film major

This means absolutely nothing to me. people who are film majors are the reason bullshit like this gets a pass in the first place. It's like music majors who will tell me how great super abstract Free Jazz is. If you have to rationalize why something that isn't pleasing on any level to watch/listen to is good, it's probably not very good.

Also, there's a huge difference between amon tobin and Harmony Korine.
I don't really fuck with Tobin's music but I can recognize the skill and talent.
Korine? Not so much. He's a guy who makes bad student films for a living.

siLLy KiD · Post by **siLLy KiD** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 4:31 pm

Blockhead wrote:
siLLy KiD wrote: I dunno, it's probably because I'm a faggot ass film major
This means absolutely nothing to me. people who are film majors are the reason bullshit like this gets a pass in the first place. It's like music majors who will tell me how great super abstract Free Jazz is. If you have to rationalize why something that isn't pleasing on any level to watch/listen to is good, it's probably not very good.

Also, there's a huge difference between amon tobin and Harmony Korine.
I don't really fuck with Tobin's music but I can recognize the skill and talent.
Korine? Not so much. He's a guy who makes bad student films for a living.

that's just like....your opinion...man....

btw - super abstract free jazz is phenomenal. FUIFUDISAGRE.

FTR - it's not about shit "getting a pass," it's about exploring the medium and doing something different. That's what he does. He even has said, "After 100 years, films should be getting really complicated. The novel has been reborn about 400 times, but it's like cinema is stuck in the birth canal." If M

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 4:37 pm

Cash Rulz wrote:
Blockhead wrote:
Cash Rulz wrote:And I have bad taste in movies.
If you like any Harmony Korine movies, then yes. yes you do.
Uh, yall the ones all excited about the jawn. I have no idea who the bitch is.

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 4:38 pm

Rachel Hobozal · Post by **Rachel Hobozal** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 6:55 pm

Dan wrote:
Cash Rulz wrote:
Blockhead wrote:
Cash Rulz wrote:And I have bad taste in movies.
If you like any Harmony Korine movies, then yes. yes you do.
Uh, yall the ones all excited about the jawn. I have no idea who the bitch is.

I don't get your point. Looks like a bitch to me.

siLLy KiD · Post by **siLLy KiD** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 7:27 pm

I just watched some of his interviews on Letterman...dude is not all there in the head for sure...lol.

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