Julien Donkey-Boy

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Julien Donkey-Boy
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R,1hr 34min
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October 15, 1999
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Fine Line Features
Synopsis: In his second directorial effort, writer/director Harmony Korine embraces the hyper-realist aesthetic of Lars Von Trier's Dogma 95 film movement, which mandates handheld photography using only available lighting, among other restrictions. As in the controversial Gummo (1997), Korine abandons traditional narrative for a series of vignettes about bizarre characters, in this case centered on Julien (Ewen Bremner), a schizophrenic who works in a school for the blind. Julien lives at home with his pregnant ... Full Synopsis
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Korine remains unnecessarily smitten with sordidness, and there's plenty of it here. Full Review
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