Harmony korines springbreak intentions are pure the. Korines new film, the beach bum, stars matthew mcconaughey as a poet named moondoga guy not unlike mcconaugheys dazed and confused character, if that character had moved to key west and. Director harmony korine has a thing for oddball rappers. Get all the latest updates on your favorite movies from new releases to timeless classics, get the scoop on moviefone.
Korine wrote the script while he was waiting for to move forward with the trap, a movie set to star benicio del toro, idris elba, and al. Harmony korine born january 4, 1973 is an american film director and screenwriter. Harmony korine recently spoke to the organist in a candid telephone interview. At the age of nineteen, he wrote the critically acclaimed screenplay kids 1995 for director larry clark. You can almost envision the studio bigwigs swooning over the elevator pitch. Harmony korines the beach bum is the opposite of a bummer. Herzogs film is based upon the true and mysterious story of kaspar hauser, a young man who suddenly appeared in nuremberg in 1828, barely able to talk or walk, and bearing a strange note. Gummo is 100% purely expressionistic power through a constantly shifting mockumentary experimental tone directly addressing the decadent american suburban lifestyle under a social comment of consciously willing social stagnation over the lack of progress. Writer and director harmony korine discusses his new movie, the beach bum, working with matthew mcconaughey, and what the future holds. All harmony korine movies ranked from worst to best posted on may 11, 2017 may 11, 2017 by mike sauve too often harmony korine is dismissed as a mere provocateur, the dubious character behind films like gummo and trash humpers that are aesthetically, well, trashy. Harmony korines latest work a seemingly unformed assemblage of scenes featuring people in garish oldperson masks roaming the streets of nashville at night, humping trash bins and causing.
My idea for the film is more musicbased than cinemabased. What if zac efron, a popculture icon you know and love, got ridiculously grimy. A rebellious stoner named moondog lives life by his own rules. The beach bum trailer 2019 harmony korine movie starring matthew mcconaughey, snoop dogg and isla fisher. Harmony korines springbreak intentions are pure the new. Director, producer, screenwriter, author,husband and father. His film trash humpers 2009 premiered at the toronto international film festival and won the main. May 11, 2017 all that signifies the harmony korine experience seems to culminate in this misanthropic artefact. Harmony korine on filming matthew mcconaughey in the.
Harmony korine was born in 1973 in bolinas, california. The beach bum red band teaser in theaters march 29, 2019. With vanessa hudgens, selena gomez, ashley benson, rachel korine. A day in the life of a group of teens as they travel around new york city skating, drinking, smoking and deflowering virgins. All harmony korine movies ranked from worst to best. With his first movie since spring breakers, korine brings a new perspective to his work. Korine, who has never made a movie that didnt face some form of backlash, said he didnt feel pressure to conform. Korine, at 39, is observing from the outside this time. The beach bum teaser trailer 2019 harmony korine movie. Mar 15, 20 just before the candycolored apocalypse comes to harmony korines spring breakers you hear the peaceable murmurings of a beach, of lapping water, calling gulls and playing children. And it looks just as crazy, if not even crazier, than. And yet every time you make a new movie, the media focuses on how it reflects your public persona. Viceland epicly laterd s01e08 harmony korine oct 25, 2017.
Mcconaughey in second trailer for harmony korines the. Harmony korines new film, the beach bum, is absolutely an allegory about the rise of donald trump. His family moved to the east coast of the united states when he was five, and he spent his early years in nashville, tennessee, and new york. Harmony korines the beach bum is kind of like when you go to a. Director rene ellers lurid, unflinching look at a group of youths and their summer of illicit fun will be released on dvd and bluray on february 18th. In its widely reprinted but evidently unquestioned october manifesto, drag city said. Gucci mane, harmony korine working on a movie called the. Critics are divided on harmony korines new stoner movie the beach bum. Apr 05, 20 harmony korine, director of spring breakers and gummo, on the carnivals and circuses of his childhood, why getting locked up might do you some good and what he wants to see from emerging filmmakers.
Matthew mcconaughey as moondog in harmony korines the beach bum. Nov 17, 2018 harmony korine first transplanted his exuberant style to florida with spring breakers, but his next movie is likely to cement his status in the sunshine state. No need to waste time endlessly browsing heres the entire lineup of new movies and tv shows streaming on netflix this month. The press release was a useful publicity stunt what do you expect for a harmony korine movie called trash humpers. The festival will take place in culver city, california, from january 16 through to february 20. Venice harmony korine made his first splash as the screenwriter of the 1995 sensation kids, which was both hailed and denounced for its inyourface depiction of sexually active, substanceabusing teenagers. T he way that 19yearold aspiring writer harmony korine met director larry clark sounds like a typical new york success story, told at bars in kansas to make brighteyed kids move to the big. The 106page limitededition photo book and 18minute short film documents harmony korine and his process of the making of his new film the beach bum starring matthew mcconaughey, jonah hill, isla fisher, snoop dogg, and zac efron. Gucci mane, harmony korine working on a movie called the trap. With leo fitzpatrick, justin pierce, chloe sevigny, sarah henderson.
Harmony korines cult films of the past twenty yearsfrom the surreal gummo 1997 to spring breakers 2012, a contemporary film noir in which four college freshwomen are drawn into a murderous labyrinth of eventsmerge reality with fiction and handheld camerawork with precise montage. Four college girls hold up a restaurant in order to fund their spring break vacation. Harmony korine is the real thing, an innovative and gifted filmmaker whose work forces us to see on his terms. First red band trailer for harmony korines new film the. Mike kelley, who passed away this month, contributed to filmmaker once, in 1997, when he interviewed harmony korine about korine s debut feature, gummo. The beach bum is written, produced, and directed by american indie filmmaker harmony korine, director of the films gummo, julien donkeyboy, mister lonely, trash humpers, and spring breakers. Apr 05, 20 spring breakers, korine s new film, is a crime drama about a group of teenage girls on a spring break in florida who get arrested for drug possession and fall under the influence of a gangster. The beach bum red band trailer 2019 harmony korine movie.
Mar 11, 2019 korines new film, the beach bum, stars matthew mcconaughey as a poet named moondoga guy not unlike mcconaugheys dazed and confused character, if that character had moved to key west and. Spring breakers director harmony korine on a lifetime of. While partying, drinking, and taking drugs, they are arrested, only to be bailed out by a drug and arms dealer. Mar 28, 2019 director harmony korine began his career in the late 1990s making corrosive, aggressively arty films gummo, julien donkeyboy. Spring breakers, directed by harmony korine the new york. This is the brave question harmony korine, director of spring breakers, dares to ask in his new film the beach bum. Harmony korine on how fatherhood influenced his new movie.
This heady mix of the unplanned, the seductive, and the outlandish crystallizes in his lesserknown. Spring breakers, directed by harmony korine the new. Harmony korine s followup to the hypnotically paced and impossibly colorful masterpiece spring breakers was viewed as a meandering, philosophically dull outing that didnt have much meat on. Harmony korine talks the beach bum, matthew mcconaughey. Harmony korines the beach bum is the opposite of a. Why harmony korine likes painting more than making movies. Harmony korine talks the beach bum, his wild past, and. Harmony korine, director of spring breakers and gummo, on the carnivals and circuses of his childhood, why getting locked up might do you some good and what he wants to see from emerging filmmakers. The cult american director harmony korine has announced that jamie foxx and benicio del toro will take lead roles in the trap, a revenge thriller he describes as. Moondog, the happy goluckylucky stoner poet at the heart of harmony korines latest film, the beach bum, treats every day like hes at an. All that signifies the harmony korine experience seems to culminate in this misanthropic artefact.
Harmony korine on what matthew mcconaughey and snoop dogg brought to his new movie, the beach bum, and what he thinks his legacy. Zac efron is very grimy in harmony korines new movie. Neon has debuted the second official red band trailer for harmony korines latest film the beach bum, a spiritual sequel to spring breakers. All harmony korine movies ranked from worst to best page. The plot follows the adventures of stoner poet moondog mcconaughey in and around the florida keys as he tries to finish his new novel for the respect of his daughter and his share of his wifes estate. He is also the editor of magills cinema annual, a writer for the new.
Hollis bennett for the new york times i feel as if this movie, unlike your others, could play pretty easily in any multiplex in america. It may not have been intentional, and i have no idea. The beach bum is a 2019 american stoner comedy film written and directed by harmony korine. With matthew mcconaughey, snoop dogg, isla fisher, stefania lavie owen. Sep 07, 2018 1,439 videos play all watch the new the witcher trailer here new trailer buzz level 16 official movie trailer 2019 duration. Artsploitation films has announced the release we, a film considered controversial even by artsploitations admittedly amoral standards. With a poetic, impressionistic take on film narrative, a visual style incorporating everything from elegantly framed 35mm to the skuzziest of home camcorder footage, and a startling mixture of teen. Harmony korine first transplanted his exuberant style to florida with spring breakers, but his next movie is likely to cement his status in the sunshine state. Moondog is a flawed character, but the movie is meant to celebrate. Within three weeks, korine wrote kids, a film about 24 hours in the sex and drugfilled lives of several manhattan teenagers. On the set of harmony korines new film, the beach bum.
Amazon second chance pass it on, trade it in, give. Viceland epicly laterd s01e08 harmony korine youtube. Spring breakers director harmony korine speaks about his new. Just before the candycolored apocalypse comes to harmony korines spring breakers you hear the peaceable murmurings of a beach, of lapping water, calling gulls and playing children. Harmony korine celebrity profile check out the latest harmony korine photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Jun 22, 2015 t he way that 19yearold aspiring writer harmony korine met director larry clark sounds like a typical new york success story, told at bars in kansas to make brighteyed kids move to the big. After all, this is the guy who built an entire movie around james francos riff raff impersonation. Mike kelley, who passed away this month, contributed to filmmaker once, in 1997, when he interviewed harmony korine about korines debut feature, gummo. Korine speaks on his recently reissued novel a crackup at the race riots aswell as, what he calls, the granny torture tapes which perished in one of the many fires it seems korine has succumbed to. Spring break may have come and gone, but the ripple in the popcultural pond produced by harmony korine s spring breakers just keeps going.
Spring breakers director harmony korine speaks about his new film by the guardian. The beach bum is a 2019 american stoner comedy film written and directed by harmony korine and starring matthew mcconaughey, snoop dogg, isla fisher, zac efron, jimmy buffett and martin lawrence. Korine always seems to carry a strong social commentary in his unconventional u. Hiphopdx reports that riff raff, korine s friend and partial inspiration for james francos whiterapper character alien, will appear on an upcoming episode of the soap opera one life to live. It would be impossible to make that film now read more eventually, he stopped doing everything for a couple of years, and boomeranged through rehab. I was hoping to develop a film style with this movie that could mimic that in some way. Seven years after unleashing spring breakers on the world, harmony korine is finally ready to release his followup directorial effort. Why harmony korine likes painting more than making movies with his new movie the beach bum out on march 29, it would be easy to overlook a show of the directors young twitchy. Harmony korine hoists his bong and beer funnel high in spring breakers, a. Directed by clark and starring leo fitzpatrick and korines onagainoffagain girlfriend chloe sevigny, critics called kids both a brilliant wakeup call to america and a blatant work. Jan 23, 2019 seven years after unleashing spring breakers on the world, harmony korine is finally ready to release his followup directorial effort. Mar 08, 2019 korine, who has never made a movie that didnt face some form of backlash, said he didnt feel pressure to conform. I recognize that not everything is political, and not always necessary to read a trumprelated subtext into every movie or tv show, especially if it has nothing to do with trump.
Mac and plak, a new short film by harmony korine, as well as the dirty ones, directed by brent stewart, will be screening together on january 30 as part of the projections film festival. And on september 11th, his latest show, blockbuster, will open at the gagosian gallery in new. Director harmony korine began his career in the late 1990s making corrosive, aggressively arty films gummo, julien donkeyboy. The spring breakers director and a gloriously sleazy matthew mccanaughey deliver a trumpera ode to fear, loathing and. Harmony korine sets up the trap for jamie foxx film. His latest film, spring breakers, is another generational portrait of youthful debauchery, but mr. Sep 26, 2016 director harmony korine has a thing for oddball rappers. Mar 29, 2019 writer and director harmony korine discusses his new movie, the beach bum, working with matthew mcconaughey, and what the future holds. Below, learn more about the new harmony korine project. He is best known for writing kids 1995 and for writing and directing gummo 1997, julien donkeyboy 1999, mister lonely 2007 and spring breakers 2012.