The new age heartthrob.
It's a strange piece of "art", and I wrap art in quote marks because it's the epitome of destitution. We tend to regard art as something that's appeasing to the eye, the flash, the glamor. Gummo is the antithesis of that.
But it's just...powerful. Because it feels as if almost everything that happens in the movie could be happening right now, in some backwater piece of shit town the normal person couldn't imagine dwelling in.
It's strange, it's grotesque, but these queer little movies always seem to draw me in. The typical Hollywood formula is tiring, but this film almost feels cutting edge, even though it's thirteen years old. In my heart of hearts, this is a classic.
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