Can there be a perfect film? Yes and the answer to that question is Harmony Korine's Gummo.
Gummo is a film about a town in Xenia, Ohio who has just been hit by a tornado and it's basically just about a bunch of odd people who live in this small town. There are many odd people including two brothers who ride around on bikes looking for cats to kill so they can sell them to a local store. A boy who walks around with bunny ears. Two sisters who are obsessed with self image and have lost their cat. It's characters like that that make this film so great.
The reason why this film works is because of it's originality. All of the characters are completely original and are very fun to watch. The way the film is filmed and edited is bizarre and fascinated at the same time and it just has a certain fell that makes the movie so great. There is just a certain charm to Gummo. I'm not sure why it's such a charming movie but it just is. I believe this is the first time Korine showed his true potential as a director. I've seen kids and love it but he just wrote that larry clark directed it. Julien donkey boy, his first feature is just okay in my humble opinion. The end of this movie is sheer perfection with shoots of a tornado to the song crying. Was a perfect choice of song and really tied the film together.
But Gummo is a Fantastic movie and is one of my favorite movies of all time. Although I can see why people can disagree with me. Some people won't get the art and beauty of this. It's mainly just a matter of what people believe is art and what people don't and this is a beautiful piece of art. The characters are great and everything about this movie is so good. I would give this film a 10/10 a perfect score! I would recommend it to people who just want to see something different and odd. This is an amazing movie.
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