Harmony Korine knows how to make a film that will interest audiences and have them talking about it for some time to come, Gummo is a prime example. whilst his last film Mister Lonely was perhaps his most mainstream effort, Trash Humpers presents itself with more accessibility than Gummo. But none the less, it's not a film that everyone will want to see and that was proved by the amount of walk outs during the screening, I counted perhaps 20.
Nothing really happens in Trash Humpers, the characters, actors made to look old, literally do hump trash cans as well as an array of other inanimate objects, give branches oral sex, smash a variety of objects such as TV's and tap dance. There are surreal conversations and offensive jokes. But it never gets to offensive, it's never violent in an over the top way and in fact it's quite harmless, if not strange. It's also quite funny in parts, the acts we see are often so bizarre, you cannot help but laugh. It does become slightly more serious near the end and I began to wander when it would end, so is the repetition of what we see.
The point of the film is less clear. Does it present a image of small town rednecks with nothing better to do than behave strangely? Perhaps. Maybe it presents the notion of being an anti film, crap and pointless, with the lowest standard of production values. It is perhaps just there to provide a conversation point on the very topic. In that it's perhaps interesting. Easily can be compared to Von Tries 'The Idiots', but that film at least had a coherent plot that whilst is a vile story, made sense, whilst Trash Humpers, doesn't and that's where for me the film falters.
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Nothing really happens in Trash Humpers, the characters, actors made to look old, literally do hump trash cans as well as an array of other inanimate objects, give branches oral sex, smash a variety of objects such as TV's and tap dance. There are surreal conversations and offensive jokes. But it never gets to offensive, it's never violent in an over the top way and in fact it's quite harmless, if not strange. It's also quite funny in parts, the acts we see are often so bizarre, you cannot help but laugh. It does become slightly more serious near the end and I began to wander when it would end, so is the repetition of what we see.
The point of the film is less clear. Does it present a image of small town rednecks with nothing better to do than behave strangely? Perhaps. Maybe it presents the notion of being an anti film, crap and pointless, with the lowest standard of production values. It is perhaps just there to provide a conversation point on the very topic. In that it's perhaps interesting. Easily can be compared to Von Tries 'The Idiots', but that film at least had a coherent plot that whilst is a vile story, made sense, whilst Trash Humpers, doesn't and that's where for me the film falters.
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