The Doom Generation Movie Review 1995

Alienated trio on the road trip to hell (doubling as L.A.). Beautiful 17-year-old druggie Amy Blue (McGowan), her sweetly dim boyfriend Jordan White (Duval), and hot-tempered stud/drifter Xavier Red (Schaech) flee after Red kills a store clerk. They're basically from nowhere, going nowhere, and finding sex and (lots of gruesomely depicted) violence along the way. The subtitle, "A Heterosexual Movie by Gregg Araki," may be technically accurate but the homoerotic subtext is very clear. Terrific performances. Second film in Araki's teen trilogy, following "Totally F***ked Up," and preceding "Nowhere." An unrated version is also available.

Distribution

CinemaNow, 4553 Glencoe Ave., Ste. 200, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292, URL: http://www.cinemanow.com, Remarks: Formerly known as Lions Gate Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 84 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Black Comedy, Road Trip, Romantic Triangles, Teen Angst, L.A., Drug Use & Abuse

Screenplay

Gregg Araki

Cast

Parker Posey, Lauren Tewes, Christopher Knight, Margaret Cho, Skinny Puppy, Heidi Fleiss, Rose McGowan, James Duval, Johnathon Schaech

Cinematography

Jim Fealy

Director

Gregg Araki

Music

Don Gallo

Producer

Andrea Sperling, Gregg Araki, Nicole Arbib, Pascal Caucheteux, Gregoire Sorlat, UGC, Trimark Pictures