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For this Special Thursday Cinema Night, 8PM EST, there’s no special theme, just two more good flicks. First up, by request, is Gummo (1997), the debut feature of trashcore-kino wunderkind Harmony Korine, who we have, surprisingly, never watched. A pair of teenagers hang out and get into mischief in their shitty dilapidated Ohio town, which was obliterated by a tornado 20 years beforehand and never recovered. They live in filthy squalor and poverty. Middle America is a shithole. God Damn America: The Movie. This is arguably Korine’s magnum opus, released when he was only 24 years old; a lot of acclaim for this one, so let’s check it out.

After that, since we’ve been on a bit of a sci-fi kick the last few days, we’ll keep the ball rolling tonight with The Hole (1998). In the near-future of 1999, a deadly virus has wiped out most of humanity, with the few survivors holed up in bunkers refashioned from apartment buildings. A pair of neighbors inadvertently poke a hole in the wall separating their rooms, and romance blossoms. And it’s also a musical. Sounds cool; let’s check it out. This is one of the highest-rated sci-fi films on Letterboxd, and is considered one of the best films of renowned auteur Tsai Ming-liang, whose movie-theatre-vibe film Goodbye Dragon Inn (2003) we previously watched.

Bonus! Since both of our features are short, we’ll have a little preshow with The Pier (1962), one of the most acclaimed short films of all time, a 27-minute time-travel sci-fi dystopia from French auteur Chris Marker, who is otherwise best-known for his ethno-documentary Sunless (1983), which we have not yet watched.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Gummo: https://letterboxd.com/film/gummo/
• The Hole: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-hole/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Gummo: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/21551
• The Hole: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.

CWs for Gummo:

• Death of dog.
• Someone leaves without saying goodbye.
• Child abandonment.
• Child abuse.
• Abusive parents.
• Poverty.
• Domestic violence.
• Abused person forgives their abuser.
• Drug use.
• Drug addiction.
• Alcoholism.
• Deaths of animals.
• Cruelty to animals.
• Sad animals.
• Death of pet.
• Bugs.
• Discussion of pedophilia. Not depicted.
• Someone is beaten up by a bully.
• Dirty bathroom.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Death of child.
• Sexualization of minor.
• Ableist slurs.
• Deaths of parents.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Razors.
• Shower scene.
• Spitting.
• Needles.
• Hospital scene.
• Cancer.
• Self-harm.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Suicide attempt.
• Meltdown.
• Misophonia.
• Eating disorder.
• Abuse of autistic person.
• Shaky cam.
• Screaming.
• Profanity.
• Broken fourth wall.
• Misgendering.
• Homophobic slurs.
• “Man in a dress” jokes.
• Misrepresentation of minority.
• N-word.
• Nudity.
• Sex.
• Chronic illness.
• Homelessness.
• Discussion of existentialism.
• Sad ending.
• Blood and gore.
• Drowning.

CWs for The Hole:

• Pandemic.
• Loneliness.
• Post-apocalypse.
• Panic attacks.
• Bugs.
• Singing and dancing.

Links to movies:

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