Without Larry Clark there are plenty of movies and series that would not have existed. Not only those of Harmony Korine but also mid90's, 13 reasons why (season 1), Cutties. Maybe even Requiem for a dream wouldn't have existed without Larry Clark's films before. His films are far from perfect but he brought something new that had never been done before and opened a door. He will probably not have as much influence on cinema as the French new wave had but he have had influence.
I was the same age as the kids in KIDS when I first saw the movie. So was my main group of friends who had introduced me to the movie. The kids in the movie were, in essence, just like a lot of friends and acquaintances I grew up with. I've found over the years that most folks who malign the film because of the way it depicts kids are the same people who would see these kids walking down the street and look at them like they were trash on the sidewalk. I'm grateful for Larry Clark's boldness in the stories that he's told, because they help me and folks that I've cared about (and still do care about) feel seen.
We need people like Larry Clark to document the raw and the reality of the modern world. Even if it's scripted, at least some directors are doing it more organically, with all the dept, the darkness and the flaws of people. Cinema can be anything, anywhere at any time. Cassavettes found a way to seperate studios from the artwork, he was doing it, no shame. Jodorowski did the same thing even if it's more of a surreal settings, the peeps in his films comes around without asking for the big pay and the shine. Unforgettable experience and magic, that's cinema.
I agree but Ken Park is so bonkers and what's the word....... over the top to take seriously as a realistic portrayal of the world. I'm not saying none of this happens. But for it all to happen in one day and everyone is connected? Nah nah nah.
I'm so grateful you took the time to research, gather all the photos and the information necessary to create this video. I've been a huge fan of Clark and Korine for years, decades actually. It's nice to hear a little backstory.
i love these videos and the subjects you choose to cover. so far a lot of these filmmakers were my favorites in high school, and its interesting to learn a lot more about them!
I was a young homeless teen when KIDS was made, and I stayed in Washington Square Park. I knew a lot of the kids that movie is based on, still know some of them. Lol we have a secret facebook group.
I'm currently writing my dissertation on the role of photographers in creating narratives within their work, discussing ethics and consent in documentary photography. Originally Clark was my negative example, as I thought he was a bit of creep and took advantage of his subjects, but now I see it's more complicated than that there is more to his life than I first thought. Thank you for this interesting and concise video!
If you haven’t already seen it, I highly recommend you watch the documentary We Were Once Kids. It tells the story of the making of Kids from the perspective of some of the teenage actors in it, and it really doesn’t shine a good light on Clarke. Obviously that’s just one perspective, but I think it would be worth looking for if you can find it. Used to be on UA-cam, but it was taken down so I’m not sure where you can find it now.
He certainly never got anyone to do anything they weren't already doing. I was thrilled when I saw the images of Tulsa; something other artists never or very rarely depict is the skewed wholesomeness that more often than not pervades the methamphetamine world, at least in many circles. It's not all horror hallucinations and violence; if it was all bad or even bad most of the time, people wouldn't do it (of course, now we see a fentanyl-centric drug scene that has clearly turned bad all the time, but the fentanyl folks are mostly doomed and cannot get out, unlike with the much less physically addictive drugs like meth). Most of the time I'd say the laughing friends having a good time together is what I experienced, for years and years. I have mostly fond memories. But then the scene changes for you, no matter how hard you try to maintain the beauty, it changes; people who have changed latch onto you and twist your scene, new people come in or you just get caught up in a new circle that was never wholesome to start with. He's the only one to show how it really is, from what I've seen. That in itself is infinitely more valuable than all the exploitation films like Requiem For a Dream or the like, who have really just poisoned the well as far as I can tell.
His subjects are real like situations That’s what young people do, get high, listen to music, and have sex It’s always been like that, I was a teen in the 1960’s and early 1970’s That’s what we did, Vietnam vets came home with heroin addictions Larry tells the story of how it was
Very dope. I’m from the town where they filmed ken park. My dad said they would come to our skatepark and film, and give out merchandise and such. He said his friend still has a shirt of that dude shooting himself.
I would love to be a part of Larry Clark’s films! I don’t understand why the audience wants to confuse his work with being extremely disturbing when it’s purely out of what society and kids actually go through in the real life world. One of my favorite films by Larry Clark is Ken park and Bully. He’s a great director, I’m surprised he’s not getting the recognition he deserves because he was so ahead of his time with the films he directed in the 90s. If it weren’t for his films, other directors wouldn’t probably think to make films like that as well. Take Euphoria for example. Good show and it also gave me Larry Clark vibes. Drugs, sex, SA, self abuse, drama and even family issues. It teaches us audience how the real world is.
I think it’s less about the content and more about the way it feels exploitative. For example, in LC’s movie ‘Bully’, the violence too but more-so the nudity just feels gratuitous: the graphic sex scenes and the way the camera lingers on what are supposed to be teenage bodies and the zooming in on a crotch.. it just feels slightly weird. You know? He’s a brilliant director and I love his movies, but I do understand where people are coming from with this sort of criticism.
Kids, Ken Park, Bully, and The Smell of Us are his best. All of the others are pretty bad. An interesting artist, but I’m unsure of his intentions at times.
He made a few good films. I think Bully was his best. The cast was great. I just don’t quite think anything since then has been too good. Is he talented or did he just get lucky a few times?
@@dryames4319Kids definitely is his most known and an effective movie. It’s almost too disturbing to watch. I think I saw it when it came out and never wanted to watch it again. Bully on the other hand is a film you can appreciate for the performances. It’s more of a gripping narrative and a bit more psychological complex. But Kids had a huge cultural impact.
Idk if I can move myself to watch his films..n how was he able to make them with a cast of minors??🤷🏻♂️ however if he didn’t document the lives of teenagers in America so in-depth..who would
you should definitely watch some of his films, they're not for everyone but I think they're pretty eye opening even if they do come off as disturbing and strange
I had never noticed before but in t' before but listening to you I find that there is a parallel of time (1978) and theme (teenager, sex, drugs) with Me, Christiane F. 13...
I met Larry Clark in downtown Tulsa while walking around smoking a cig and asked for a photo and he said “put the cigarette up to your mouth it’ll look cool 😂” sure enough picture turned out good. He was with a Native American friend of his who took the photo for me. Talked to them for 20 minutes. He was about 78 at the time.
Larry Clark presents street kid/youth culture in all its ugliness. Sometimes just the ugliness in the world in general without glorifying it. As an artist, I imagine depicting the decadence and hedonism that is teenage fun, is like waking a tight rope. He is showing it all with no boundaries but never once seems like a creepy old dude who wants to make borderline pornographic teen films. I condsider him a real, rough, and raw artist.
It's just odd that he kidnapped one of his actors, admits to it, and then watches the guy presumably go into withdrawal and do nothing. He clearly has been around it enough to know that the kid was gonna be okay... or he was just stupid. I guess we know why he felt like a teenager for so long. He seems problematic, but willing to take the risks that most artists probably wouldn't get acclaim for, unlike him
Larry Clark makes movies that need to be made but no one has the grapes to make besides him Larry is the man all truth
Without Larry Clark there are plenty of movies and series that would not have existed. Not only those of Harmony Korine but also mid90's, 13 reasons why (season 1), Cutties. Maybe even Requiem for a dream wouldn't have existed without Larry Clark's films before.
His films are far from perfect but he brought something new that had never been done before and opened a door. He will probably not have as much influence on cinema as the French new wave had but he have had influence.
Facts!!
I was the same age as the kids in KIDS when I first saw the movie. So was my main group of friends who had introduced me to the movie. The kids in the movie were, in essence, just like a lot of friends and acquaintances I grew up with.
I've found over the years that most folks who malign the film because of the way it depicts kids are the same people who would see these kids walking down the street and look at them like they were trash on the sidewalk. I'm grateful for Larry Clark's boldness in the stories that he's told, because they help me and folks that I've cared about (and still do care about) feel seen.
@RP SC I'm also a film dork, and the 90s were definitely a very interesting period for film 💁♀️
We need people like Larry Clark to document the raw and the reality of the modern world. Even if it's scripted, at least some directors are doing it more organically, with all the dept, the darkness and the flaws of people. Cinema can be anything, anywhere at any time. Cassavettes found a way to seperate studios from the artwork, he was doing it, no shame. Jodorowski did the same thing even if it's more of a surreal settings, the peeps in his films comes around without asking for the big pay and the shine. Unforgettable experience and magic, that's cinema.
I agree but Ken Park is so bonkers and what's the word....... over the top to take seriously as a realistic portrayal of the world. I'm not saying none of this happens. But for it all to happen in one day and everyone is connected? Nah nah nah.
I love how in the movie bully larry is in it and plays the father ofthe mafia hit man. I love how he said “ tell her you’ll write to her”
I'm so grateful you took the time to research, gather all the photos and the information necessary to create this video. I've been a huge fan of Clark and Korine for years, decades actually. It's nice to hear a little backstory.
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i love these videos and the subjects you choose to cover. so far a lot of these filmmakers were my favorites in high school, and its interesting to learn a lot more about them!
I was a young homeless teen when KIDS was made, and I stayed in Washington Square Park. I knew a lot of the kids that movie is based on, still know some of them. Lol we have a secret facebook group.
I'm currently writing my dissertation on the role of photographers in creating narratives within their work, discussing ethics and consent in documentary photography. Originally Clark was my negative example, as I thought he was a bit of creep and took advantage of his subjects, but now I see it's more complicated than that there is more to his life than I first thought. Thank you for this interesting and concise video!
If you haven’t already seen it, I highly recommend you watch the documentary We Were Once Kids. It tells the story of the making of Kids from the perspective of some of the teenage actors in it, and it really doesn’t shine a good light on Clarke. Obviously that’s just one perspective, but I think it would be worth looking for if you can find it. Used to be on UA-cam, but it was taken down so I’m not sure where you can find it now.
He certainly never got anyone to do anything they weren't already doing. I was thrilled when I saw the images of Tulsa; something other artists never or very rarely depict is the skewed wholesomeness that more often than not pervades the methamphetamine world, at least in many circles. It's not all horror hallucinations and violence; if it was all bad or even bad most of the time, people wouldn't do it (of course, now we see a fentanyl-centric drug scene that has clearly turned bad all the time, but the fentanyl folks are mostly doomed and cannot get out, unlike with the much less physically addictive drugs like meth). Most of the time I'd say the laughing friends having a good time together is what I experienced, for years and years. I have mostly fond memories. But then the scene changes for you, no matter how hard you try to maintain the beauty, it changes; people who have changed latch onto you and twist your scene, new people come in or you just get caught up in a new circle that was never wholesome to start with. He's the only one to show how it really is, from what I've seen. That in itself is infinitely more valuable than all the exploitation films like Requiem For a Dream or the like, who have really just poisoned the well as far as I can tell.
yet another killer video. you gotta be makin some of the best film based content on youtube.
Love my man Clark. Having grown up in Tulsa, I can confirm that there’s still that dark underdog world he documented in his first book.
Having recently discovered Larry Clark's work, I would say my favorite would be "Vinnie".
His subjects are real like situations
That’s what young people do, get high, listen to music, and have sex
It’s always been like that, I was a teen in the 1960’s and early 1970’s
That’s what we did, Vietnam vets came home with heroin addictions
Larry tells the story of how it was
One of my favorite artists. Love his photography
Very dope. I’m from the town where they filmed ken park. My dad said they would come to our skatepark and film, and give out merchandise and such. He said his friend still has a shirt of that dude shooting himself.
Larry Clarke is awesome such a great filmmaker and depicts real life teens
I would love to be a part of Larry Clark’s films! I don’t understand why the audience wants to confuse his work with being extremely disturbing when it’s purely out of what society and kids actually go through in the real life world. One of my favorite films by Larry Clark is Ken park and Bully. He’s a great director, I’m surprised he’s not getting the recognition he deserves because he was so ahead of his time with the films he directed in the 90s. If it weren’t for his films, other directors wouldn’t probably think to make films like that as well. Take Euphoria for example. Good show and it also gave me Larry Clark vibes. Drugs, sex, SA, self abuse, drama and even family issues. It teaches us audience how the real world is.
I think it’s less about the content and more about the way it feels exploitative. For example, in LC’s movie ‘Bully’, the violence too but more-so the nudity just feels gratuitous: the graphic sex scenes and the way the camera lingers on what are supposed to be teenage bodies and the zooming in on a crotch.. it just feels slightly weird. You know? He’s a brilliant director and I love his movies, but I do understand where people are coming from with this sort of criticism.
Larry Clark’s kid are probably like my dad made the most controversial movie
This was insightful. Nice work.
Why was Mia Chrisner(might be a misspelling) fired? 8:29
Kids, Ken Park, Bully, and The Smell of Us are his best. All of the others are pretty bad. An interesting artist, but I’m unsure of his intentions at times.
For sure a pervert...
tight
great content
i miss the vincent gallo video you made
Another great vid, keep up the good work! Can’t wait for the eventual Korine vid and whatever is next!
Idk why i love KIDS with a passion bc it’s disgusting but its so real also i live in Tulsa Oklahoma so i feel a connection of some sort to larry
Larry Clark is a giant of independent cinema, a master and a poet... art is not meant to appease and make one feel comfortable.
He made a few good films. I think Bully was his best. The cast was great. I just don’t quite think anything since then has been too good. Is he talented or did he just get lucky a few times?
I can understand that. Kids is the best imo and my favourite.
@@dryames4319Kids definitely is his most known and an effective movie. It’s almost too disturbing to watch. I think I saw it when it came out and never wanted to watch it again. Bully on the other hand is a film you can appreciate for the performances. It’s more of a gripping narrative and a bit more psychological complex. But Kids had a huge cultural impact.
@@JamminOnThe1I read the book "Bully." The film was exactly as it really happened. The Broward County Seven were that stupid.
Idk if I can move myself to watch his films..n how was he able to make them with a cast of minors??🤷🏻♂️ however if he didn’t document the lives of teenagers in America so in-depth..who would
you should definitely watch some of his films, they're not for everyone but I think they're pretty eye opening even if they do come off as disturbing and strange
He's probably too old, but he and Korine could make an amazing movie about modern people
Thank you so much'!
I had never noticed before but in t' before but listening to you I find that there is a parallel of time (1978) and theme (teenager, sex, drugs) with Me, Christiane F. 13...
Thank you UA-cam recommendation
Great video. Please Make a Harmony Korine video.
ahhh so cool i didn't know he went to art school in milwaukee !!!
I met Larry Clark in downtown Tulsa while walking around smoking a cig and asked for a photo and he said “put the cigarette up to your mouth it’ll look cool 😂” sure enough picture turned out good. He was with a Native American friend of his who took the photo for me. Talked to them for 20 minutes. He was about 78 at the time.
this vid its brilliant for real, ty :)
Larry Clark presents street kid/youth culture in all its ugliness. Sometimes just the ugliness in the world in general without glorifying it. As an artist, I imagine depicting the decadence and hedonism that is teenage fun, is like waking a tight rope. He is showing it all with no boundaries but never once seems like a creepy old dude who wants to make borderline pornographic teen films. I condsider him a real, rough, and raw artist.
Larry Clark makes me proud to be an Oklahoman. What an artist!
great video, wating for the korine one
I love his movies they are messed up in their own way but I mean they are as real as it gets
no.he's not a creep. period.
This was good.
You should do a video on ruben östlund
Would love to see you cover Catherine Breillat :)
It's just odd that he kidnapped one of his actors, admits to it, and then watches the guy presumably go into withdrawal and do nothing. He clearly has been around it enough to know that the kid was gonna be okay... or he was just stupid. I guess we know why he felt like a teenager for so long. He seems problematic, but willing to take the risks that most artists probably wouldn't get acclaim for, unlike him
The way you narrated
Great channel! New sub!
Alan Clarke was a lot better same goes for Harmony Korine but still enjoy some of Larry Clark's films
id watch the video on korine
Girl's voice so monotone... Very hard to listen and don't sleep 😴😴
Larry’s voice is thee worst.