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Julien Donkey-Boy, 1999

Starring: Ewen Bremner, Chloë Sevigny, Werner Herzog

Directed by: Harmony Korine

Written by: Harmony Korine

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 94 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:6.0

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Julien Donkey-Boy can be described as disturbing, offbeat, and contemplative. The plot revolves around social misfits, sibling relations, and psychological motives. The main genre is drama. In terms of style, Julien Donkey-Boy is dogmatic, is experimental, and is talky. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. Julien Donkey-Boy is located in New York. It takes place in the 1990s.

Summary of Julien Donkey-Boy

Flashing a mouthful of fake gold teeth, Julien (Ewen Bremner) wanders the streets of New York City, mumbling nonsensical syllables to himself. He tries to avoid the abuse of his sadistic drunken gas-mask-wearing father (German director Werner Herzog). He cracks a young boy's head open with a rock. He befriends a blind figure skater. He wears a bra and underwear as he wrestles with his younger brother. And his sister, Pearl (Chloë Sevigny), is pregnant--with Julien's child.

Writer-director Harmony Korine succeeds remarkably well in showing the world through Julien's eyes: a schizophrenic kaleidoscope of images--some hauntingly beautiful, some disturbing and violent. The first American film made in accordance with the Danish filmmaking manifesto Dogma 95 (which also includes THE CELEBRATION and MIFUNE), JULIEN DONKEY-BOY uses no cinematic tricks such as artificial lighting or studio sound. Shot on handheld digital video, the film was transferred to 16mm stock before being blown up to 35mm film for the final print. Korine used this unique method to give the film the low-definition, degraded look of an old Super-8 home movie. Pushing the envelope further, Korine rejects classic narrative storytelling in favor of a more poetic succession of scenes. The result is a gritty, surreal collage that powerfully and touchingly evokes the schizophrenic experience as few films have.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	15 October 1999
Runtime:	94 min

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Ewen Bremner

as Julien

Chloë Sevigny

as Pearl

Werner Herzog

as Father

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Film.com

Not a film for everyone. And though I deeply admire it, it's not a film that even I want to see again in the immediate future. Full Review

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by: Peter Brunette

Entertainment Weekly

Korine remains unnecessarily smitten with sordidness, and there's plenty of it here. Full Review

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by: Lisa Schwarzbaum

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Arguments against not liking this film irritate me.

Ewen Bremer put on a clinic with his portrayal of a paranoid schizophrenic, and both Chloe Sevigny and Werner Herzog are amazing as always. Of course, I am a huge Harmony Korine fan and he's not for everyone, but I consider this film his best piece... Read and rate it

14.February.2011
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by: Jake
Jake rated this movie9/10Amazing

Maybe iMovie isn't a good thing. I recommend renting this movie because you'll feel so good when you stop watching it. This film tries so hard to be different that it becomes a parody of an I'm-oh-so-trendy indy filmmaker's project. Read and rate it

14.July.2010
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by: Devon
Devon rated this movie0/10

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