View Full Version : Who made the movie 'KIDS'?
djsimonmann
27-Sep-05, 10:01am
Trying to get a listing on Ebay but only get search results for childrens movies...
Anyone know who made it? Or who the main character was?
I know Clyde Singelton was in it but he was a minor character and doesn't come up in searches...
EgonSpengler
27-Sep-05, 10:07am
Larry Clark (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113540/)
Larry Clark
he was also responsible for the banned Ken Park
jdoodle
27-Sep-05, 10:07am
larry clark i think
www.imdb.com
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113540/
kano350chevy
27-Sep-05, 10:08am
Larry Clark
he was also responsible for the banned Ken Park
Ken Park is a must see for the mum that kid bones...
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6304726953/qid=1127779770/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/103-9660979-1410210?v=glance&s=dvd
isn't that the one :?
well fuck ay....
all i did was open the thread, search and find it... I'm getting slow in my old age :(
Cosmica
27-Sep-05, 10:13am
Anyone know where Kids can be rented?
hehe, Harold Hunter thought he was gonna be star.....
djsimonmann
27-Sep-05, 10:15am
I have a feeling it is banned in Aus... but so was Fear and Loathing and now it's $20 at HMV ... so who knows...
Bug Powder
27-Sep-05, 10:18am
Fear and Loathing was banned in Australia??
Bullshit.
Kids can be rented from most vid shops, though why you'd want to is beyond me. Shit house. It most definately isnt banned
I have a feeling it is banned in Aus... but so was Fear and Loathing and now it's $20 at HMV ... so who knows...
Neither of them were banned, Ken Park was, Kids has just become more hard to get. Its been on the Movie Network over the last few months.
I know Clyde Singelton was in it but he was a minor character and doesn't come up in searches...
I think you mean Harold?
re. my last post, unless Clyde was in one of the scenes in the park, can't remember...
As far as I know, Kids is still banned... but lyric is the authority on that kind of issue.
Having said that, I "acquired" it some time ago... I can't watch it though.
DJ Fusion
27-Sep-05, 10:24am
Shh.. its me, Caspar.
And since when was Kids banned? It was released in Oz.
Anyway, I dont care how many art labels you pin on it, it's a shit film by a rank Paedo director.
haha., larry clark is a dirty bastard
jdoodle
27-Sep-05, 10:27am
As far as I know, Kids is still banned... but lyric is the authority on that kind of issue.
Having said that, I "acquired" it some time ago... I can't watch it though.
im sure i saw it advertised on tv recently
djsimonmann
27-Sep-05, 10:28am
Bug Powder, up until 3 months ago, or close to when Thompson died, it was banned, it has only become available since he died.
So bullshit yourself.
And fair enough re kids, I haven't seen it in a store for years and years...
And DeCon, I meant Harold but I think Clyde is in the park scenes when they're rolling the blunt...
Kids was never banned and has always been freely available. same with fear and loathing.
Kids should be available on video - is quite old now though and most video shops are cutting back on video stock.
Bug Powder
27-Sep-05, 10:40am
djsimonman that is blatantly untrue. It had a cinema release in about 98. Village roadshow I think. Vid release in about 99?
Where do people come up with this stuff?
onetallpoppy
27-Sep-05, 10:45am
KIDS has always been available. just go to your older video stores ones with lots of VHS still, they often have a copy.
Cosmica
27-Sep-05, 10:47am
I havent been able to get it at blockbuster and some of the other bigger chains...
Bug Powder
27-Sep-05, 10:49am
I havent been able to get it at blockbuster and some of the other bigger chains...
Try video ezy, they tend to have old shit lying round everywhere. Or if in Brisbane go to Trash video, the greatest and most powerful super video store in the cosmos.
Though once again, I stress, do not waste you money on this film. Rent Gummo and sniff half a litre of petrol instead.
Anyway, I dont care how many art labels you pin on it, it's a shit film by a rank Paedo director.
:thumb:
was a hardcore skate punk in 96, so I had to see it, although it is terrible.....
Blockbuster have a family orientated policy, basically at their descretion, they will or will not stock certain films, I'd bet that Kids is one they never stocked...
And yeah, Kids & Fear & Loathing have always been available, saw both at the cinema for their national releases, and bought em' both on VHS...
Davomaxi
27-Sep-05, 11:26am
I thought KIDS was pretty good. Bully on the other hand was atrocious.
NoKatze
27-Sep-05, 11:35am
Kids freaked me out but I liked it.. same thing with Thirteen a couple of years ago. Yyou have to seperate yourself from the story to appreciate it.
I liked Gummo as well... it was by the co-writer of Kids,.. it was funny and disgusting all at the same time.
MumboJumbo
27-Sep-05, 11:41am
Bug Powder, how about 3 years of chasing Fear and Loathing and being told by everyone including very small specialist stores that it had been banned.. There is where I come up with this shit...
Regarding Kids, I just assumed it was because it is so hard to find but Fear definately was banned..
dj_terence
27-Sep-05, 11:42am
Kids was one fucked up movie
I don't know where you guys hire your movies, but I definitely remember hiring Fear and Loathing from the Lane Cove Video Ezy in 2001!!!
Hey Sime
I have a video of Kids if you would like to arrange to borrow it.
Unfortunately, the staff at those specialist stores were leading you astray and were very misinformed.
there is a great website at http://www.refused-classification.com/ that tracks all banned product in Australia. Otherwsie check directly at www.oflc.gov.au.
Fear and Loathing has been classified R 18+ with the consumer advice 'Drug use, adult themes' since it was released in 1998. The same classification information was applied to a DVD version in 2004.
:)
DodgyCool-ear-o
27-Sep-05, 12:27pm
Feart and Loathing was never banned as far as I know. I have rented it soooo many times since it was released.
Have also rented Kids and don't think it was banned.
Rusty_OHara
27-Sep-05, 12:43pm
I rented Kids ages ago when it came out, so 95 to 97 or something?
Still haven't watched Fear & Loathing, read the book numerous times as a young man... but I've got it on dvd here... might watch it tonight.
twistedbydesign
27-Sep-05, 12:43pm
fear and loathing has been at videoo ezy since i was in like year 9
so has kids
SoulWhiteMan
27-Sep-05, 12:47pm
kids was directed by Gus Van Sant if memory serves me correctly.
magictorch
27-Sep-05, 01:30pm
kids was directed by Gus Van Sant if memory serves me correctly.
It doesn't.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113540/
nic_zero
27-Sep-05, 01:55pm
^^ Hahaha!!
RE: Fear and Loathing being banned. Hmmm. Saw it at the cinema. Then on video. Then again a couple of years ago at the Moonlight Cinema. Pretty pissweak banning!
Anyone know where Kids can be rented?
ya kan buy it from JB
MumboJumbo
27-Sep-05, 02:11pm
Pretty pissweak banning!
yes it was.
Obviously I got fed crap for years but I beleive you all...
It was never banned....
are you happy, we don't have to repeat the same crap over and over now??
Neither were banned, heaps of people up there ^^^ were right, they all deserve a pat on the back and a shmacko.
navskore
27-Sep-05, 06:10pm
I thought KIDS was pretty good. Bully on the other hand was atrocious.
I liked both, they both shocked and outraged me in different ways.
SpaceMonkey
27-Sep-05, 06:20pm
I thought KIDS was pretty good. Bully on the other hand was atrocious.
Bully did have Bijou Philips getting her bits out frequently though. Larry Clark is a filthy old pervo, god bless him.
Kids was on Fox a few weeks ago. I haven't seen it since I was about 15 but I remember it being reasonably full on.
I thought Ken Park was banned?
Ken Park is banned. see third post. noone ever said anything contrary. the cofusion was around kids and fear and loathing.
Meester
28-Sep-05, 10:43am
I like the legless guy on the train in Kids... "I have no legs, I have no legs..." We used to do that everytime we got on a train, back in the ole-skool highskool days!
SoulWhiteMan
28-Sep-05, 02:55pm
It doesn't.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113540/
true.
Gus Van Sant was the executive producer.
I remember his name, because I always linked kids with the same guy who made Good Will Hunting...
Natashja
28-Sep-05, 03:35pm
The OFLC website is a wonderful source.
You can search classification decisions here: http://www.oflc.gov.au/content.html?n=44&p=34
mushroombaby
28-Sep-05, 11:52pm
i SWEAR i saw kids at the cinemas in 95/96??
was SUCH a shit movie i hated it.
ken park was banned and whats her name spikey haired pomegranate tried to have a private screening but i think the cops arrived before it started.. :?
someone tried to drag me to it, glad we didn't bother going lol.
twistedbydesign
29-Sep-05, 12:08am
am i the only one that dug kids?
though i always thought Justin Pierce was dope
RIP
markmarkmark
29-Sep-05, 12:26am
just saw it tonight. pretty good, pretty fucked up, tick!
SpaceMonkey
29-Sep-05, 09:44am
I know Larry Clark directed, but wasn't kids scripted by Harmony Korine, who later made "Gummo"? Now there's a fucked-up flick. (I liked it though)
Bug Powder, up until 3 months ago, or close to when Thompson died, it was banned, it has only become available since he died.I saw fear & loathing at the open air cinema in centenial park when it was fist released many years ago. just thought I'd repeat it one more time :lol:
DId anyone see Larry Clarke on Dave Letterman years ago? It was a funny interview and I think Dave kicked him off the set and made references to him being under the influence of narcotics
SpaceMonkey
29-Sep-05, 04:42pm
Why the hell would they bother banning Fear and Loathing anyway? It's hardly a particularly shocking flick.
navskore
29-Sep-05, 06:18pm
I've never seen Ken park, is there anywhere you can d/l it from, anyone?
SoulWhiteMan
29-Sep-05, 09:09pm
I know Larry Clark directed, but wasn't kids scripted by Harmony Korine, who later made "Gummo"? Now there's a fucked-up flick. (I liked it though)
mmm....rampant drug use, the fact that someone could consume acid for breakfast, have a PhD and maintain a career as a journalist, and subsequently become a cult hero/author, is not a good role model for the kiddies..... That's my opinion, the fact that it detailed drug use, and the ability to lead a normal life at the same time would not sit well with canberra...?
THEHEATH
29-Sep-05, 09:42pm
Has anyone actually seen Ken Park? Is it that bad?
ive seen ken park... you can download it from bearshare.
it's pretty nuts straight from the start. Its starts with a redheaded skater kid riding up to a skate park where he stops and sits down on a ramp in the middle of the park. He then pulls a gun and a handicam out of his backpack which he sets up next to him. he then smiles, raises the gun to his head and (with the screen alternating between the handicams shot and the normal shot) proceeds to (very graphically) shoot himself in the head. He then lays in a pool of blood as the skater kids all surround him to check out what happened.
Probably the most fucked up scene is where this kid (who in an earlier scene masturbates while choking himself with a scarf till he foams at the mouth) stabs his overpossessive grandparents to death, naked. then returns to his bed where he lies back with his hand resting on the back of his head smiling with his grandparents false teeth in his mouth.
Or actually, maybe its the scene where this kid gives his girlfriends mother oral sex. Or the scene where the slutty religious girls father walks in on her and her friend having sex and beats the fuck out of her friend while he's still tied to the bed. Or maybe the scene where this kids abusive father sexually molests him when he comes home drunk after looking for prostitutes.
I don't want to give too much away, cos its a pretty good movie. But it was obviously banned because it shows kids doing drugs, having sex with each other, having sex with their families, killing their families, killing themselves, etc., and all very explicitly (and i mean completely no censorship. if larry clark wants to show you a kid shooting himself in the head, thats what you see. if he wants you to see a kid performing autoerotic asphyxiation, thats what you see.)
I recommend you see it just for the fact that its probably one of the most fucked up movies youll ever see thats actually well made (not some shitty snuff film or something with no artistic intent).
Despite my description, its not just 2 hours of pornography and does have some pretty cool scenes. Like 'kids' and 'gummo', its wasnt made some kind of social commentary, there is no strong plot line, or 'moral of the story', it is just a film highlighting the lives of some otherwise ordinary insignificant people existing in middle america.
Like with most controvertial things, if you look online im sure you can find some reviews that say 'larry clark is a paedophile, and ken park is 2 hours of hardcore sex and tasteless violence that only a sick pervert could enjoy', and some reviews that say 'larry clark is a genius and ken park is the greatest, most ground-breaking work of art thats ever been created'.
The only way to know for sure is to see it for yourself.
djsimonmann
30-Sep-05, 10:59am
Hey, did you guys know that Fear and Loathing AND Kids were never banned in Australia, that Simon is such a tool :|
:lol: welcome back simon.
will this thread ever die??
djsimonmann
05-Dec-05, 01:05pm
Look, I know I've gone down this path before but...
I've been to JB Hi FI, HMV, Sanity, Mr Dodgies little dvd shop.... everywhere and NO-ONE in Australia can find, get or recommened where I can find or get this movie...
KIDS - Larry Clark
or Naked Lunch.
They say both are banned and cannot be purchased..
Everyone here screams that they were never banned in Aus...
SO...
Tell mw where I can get them, froma shop, in Australia.. please :)
Thanks.
toilet trained
05-Dec-05, 01:30pm
well iv never seen any of larry clarks movies. i remember kids comming out when i was getting into my horney teen, and obviosuly thought it would have been sweet as.
i think they all sound a bit too gratuitous to my aged mind now
anyway, kids is definately available on ebay in dvd in oz. most people seem to be selling the unrated US version, that isnt strickly available here, hence why people are proly telling you its banned.
i guess its up to you if you could be ferked forking out the 25 bucks for it though
toilet trained
05-Dec-05, 01:33pm
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/NEW-KIDS-1995-Chloe-Sevigny-Larry-Clark-R1-DVD_W0QQitemZ6458320274QQcategoryZ2296QQssPageName ZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/KIDS-Controversial-Larry-Clark-film-R1-New_W0QQitemZ6460318088QQcategoryZ2296QQssPageName ZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/KIDS-most-controversial-film-of-the-decade-LARRY-CLARK_W0QQitemZ6460364610QQcategoryZ18843QQssPageN ameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
alexmac
05-Dec-05, 01:43pm
I’ve had that happen with Fear and Loathing, and also “Cheech and Chong, Up in Smoke.”
I just couldn’t find them anywhere...
Either the movie is so popular, that every video store in Australia has had it stolen.
Or they just didn’t distribute as many copies.... maybe because it was a controversial film, or maybe it was originally brought out by a smaller independent label, and it took them a while to get it re-released.
djsimonmann
05-Dec-05, 01:53pm
Thanks guys...
bloody ebay...
Kids and Naked Lunch haven't been released on DVD in Australia. So you'll either have to buy an American version, keep trying to search out old video copies or wait patiently for them to be released.
As I said earlier, I have a video copy of Kids if you wanted to borrow it.
djsimonmann
05-Dec-05, 03:14pm
Thanks Lyric, I know but I hate videos...
I might just have to hold my feeble breath...
MissMuffin
05-Dec-05, 03:33pm
Hey DJSimon - I got the Larry Clark 3 pack sent over from a mate in the States - It's got Kids, Bully and Krap Nek (Ken Park).
Highyl recommended - That is if you enjoy explicit and gratuitous borderline paedophilia. But really - When Kids was released, it was an eye-opener, hadn't been done before. Bully is based on a true story, so it had merit on that account. Ken Park I enjoyed for the OMG-did-he-just-go-there factor, but Larry has lost a lot of credibility with this outing, probably due to the futility and pointlessness of the whole exercise. He's niched himself into this world of kiddie-porn. I'm sure if he broke out of the genre, he could produce some highly thought-provoking material. Unfortunately, I stumbled across some of his photography and surprise surprise, all provocative and suggestive pictures of jail-bait. So it doesn't look like he'll be attempting anything more cerebral for the time being.
N.B. Must admit, the scene in Ken Park where Tate gets into the auto-erotic-asphyxiation (Michale Hutchence style) with the tennis in the background, is still the most jaw-dropping scene in any movie. Watch it purely for that. And wretch.... XD
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