Undiagnosed, untreated and generally untethered schizophrenic Julien lives with his pregnant younger sister, anorexic aspiring wrestler brother, sympathetic grandmother, and severely depressed and abusive German father.
Acting
Ewen Bremner's physicality is genuinely disturbing
Direction
Korine's Dogme 95 chaos actually serves the story
Sound
Herzog's opera rants and ambient dread
Director
Harmony Korine
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chloë Sevigny was actually pregnant during filming—Korine wrote it in.
This was the first American Dogme 95 film, shot on MiniDV with zero artificial lighting or added sound.
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Korine is an artist.
@heather5659 26
One of my absolute favourites, and definitely my favourite from Korine.
@AntoniTolwinski 28
Great movie. A very grim reminder that schizophrenia is a terrible disorder for anyone to have
@ljrittenhouse4422 4
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