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"GUMMO" is the acclaimed debut feature from 23 year - old "Kids" writer, Harmony Korine. It is a mad, poetic, and highly imaginative portrait of a small town that has been devastated by a tornado - a moral vaccuum in which sublimely ugly kids scour an extended rubbish dump in search of ... well, whatever.

Korine collaborated with French cinematographer Jean - Yves Escoffier, who shot "Les Amants Du Pont Neuf", and together they have created a unique film which is filled with both wonder and horror. With an excellent cast of mostly non - actors and a setting that was genuinely hit by a tornado, much of the film’s power comes from its haunting authenticity.

"Gummo" is not always pleasurable to watch and Korine can be accused of slack film - making in terms of engaging an audience in a story. But the film is so extraordinary in so many ways - most notably the oblique intensity of the scenes themselves - that it is easy to forgive him. A colourful and perverse film by a considerable talent.

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