Synopsis

 

FROM VARIETY:

"The picture begins with the title character blowing his brains out one sunny day at a park. Then there's a teenage boy graphically servicing his girlfriend's mom; the "good girl" daughter of a Bible-quoting dad who's really a bondage-loving nympho; the autoerotic asphyxiation freak who masturbates in loving close-up before stabbing his grandparents to death in their bed; and the drunken macho father who sexually assaults his sleeping son. Exploitative, deliberately provocative pornography? Courageous revelation of the secret life of teens? Calculated sensationalism? Telling it like it is? These are the arguments that will inevitably cause fur to fly anywhere in the vicinity of "Ken Park," a sexually explicit slab of teenage ennui from that self-proclaimed expert on the skateboard set, Larry Clark, working this time in tandem with ace cinematographer Ed Lachman. Beautifully crafted but emotionally dispiriting and alienating in its insistence on spotlighting only the negative aspects of life, this Euro-financed contribution to contempo Americana resembles certain recent French films in its unblinking depiction of raw sex. With attention-grabbing controversy and a measure of critical praise in store, international sales will be strong to territories without censorship restraints, and an enterprising U.S. distrib could generate decent mileage with the film as an unrated specialized attraction."

Dir: Larry Clark and Ed Lachman. US-Neth-France. 2002. 92mins.
Prod co: Kasander Film Company
Co-prod: Marathon Int’l
Int’l sales: Fortissimo Film Sales
Exec prods: Olivier Bremond, Pascal Breton
Prods: Kees Kasander, Jean-Louis Piel
Co prod: Wang Wei
Scr: Harmony Korine, based on characters by Larry Clark
Cinematography: Ed Lachman, Larry Clark
Prod des: John de Meo
Ed: Andrew Hafitz
Music: Howard Paar
Main cast: James Ransome, Tiffany Limos, Stephen Jasso, James Bullard, Mike Apaletegui, Adam Chubbuck, Wade Andrew Williams, Amanda Plummer, Zara McDowell

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