Irish Film Institute -HARMONY KORINE – BREAKING OUT

HARMONY KORINE – BREAKING OUT

April 3rd – 14th 

Despite a relatively small output, Harmony Korine has established himself as a unique talent in contemporary American cinema. His films focus on the inhabitants of the very edges of society, ignored by the mainstream. His affection and empathy for these figures is sincere, framed in an aesthetic so defiantly and uncompromisingly personal as to have been frequently misinterpreted as confrontational over the course of his career. He first came to prominence as the teenage writer of Larry Clark’s Kids (1995), a cause célèbre for its unflinching depiction of casual sex, violence and substance abuse among teenagers. While Clark was loudly accused of lascivious exploitation of the young cast, the real story was the emergence of Korine’s authentic voice.

On moving to directing with Gummo (1997), Korine had the freedom to develop a style of filmmaking that is usually non-linear, abstract, and peppered throughout with the absurd and the surreal. While there have been changes and refinements to his methods over the course of his career, each film remains strongly identifiable as that of Harmony Korine, who is, according to critic Roger Ebert, “the real thing, an innovative and gifted filmmaker whose work forces us to see on his terms.”

Introduction and notes on individual films by Kevin Coyne. Korine’s new film, Spring Breakers, opens at the IFI on April 5th.

 

Programme

  • GUMMO
    • Wednesday 3rd April 2013
      18.30
  • SPRING BREAKERS
    • Friday 5th April 2013
      16.20|20.40
    • Saturday 6th April 2013
      16.10|20.40
    • Sunday 7th April 2013
      14.00|18.30
    • Monday 8th April 2013
      14.00|18.30
    • Tuesday 9th April 2013
      16.20|20.40
    • Wednesday 10th April 2013
      13.00
    • Thursday 11th April 2013
      16.10|20.30
    • Friday 12th April 2013
      16.20|20.40
    • Saturday 13th April 2013
      18.30
    • Sunday 14th April 2013
      14.10|18.20
    • Monday 15th April 2013
      14.10|18.30
    • Tuesday 16th April 2013
      14.00|18.20
    • Wednesday 17th April 2013
      14.10|18.30
    • Thursday 18th April 2013
      16.20|20.40
  • JULIEN DONKEY-BOY
    • Saturday 6th April 2013
      14.10
  • MISTER LONELY
    • Sunday 7th April 2013
      16.10
  • TRASH HUMPERS
    • Saturday 13th April 2013
      14.30
  • THE FOURTH DIMENSION
    • Sunday 14th April 2013
      16.20

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