Where to start with this one? If anyone's familiar with the work of former "enfant terrible" Harmony Korine (do we call him now 'Adult terrible?'), then you know the wild, manic, tragic, gross, idiotic, perverse and often comic vignettes that populate films such as Gummo, Mister Lonely, and Spring-Breakers.
He's an artist in the sense of, as director Werner Herzog would say, a "soldier of cinema", making a new f***ed up sandbox to play in. And Julien Donkey-Boy, his "Dogme 95" entry (listen to know what that was all about), is among his most outrageous, sad and ambitious efforts, also featuring Mr. Herzog in a performance for the ages.
What is there to see here in five viewings? Listen for more.
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(clips featured are from Julien Donkey-Boy, Spring Breakers, and Puccini's opera, all for fair use criticism purposes)
