Julien Donkey-boy Movie Review 1999

Harmony Korine's story of a schizophrenic young man and his disturbed family is the first American movie to be filmed using the principles of the restrictive Danish filmmaking method known as Dogma '95. Apparently, there must be some kind of restriction on the plot and narrative as well, because the audience is merely shown disturbing images of the mentally ill Julien (Bremner), his pregnant sister Pearl (Sevigny), his jock brother Chris (Neumann) and their abusive father (Herzog). Largely improvised and shot using hand-held digital video cameras, this unsettling project is for the cinematically adventurous only.

Distribution

Not Yet Released

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 101 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Sanity Check, Bad Dads, Brothers & Sisters, Pregnant Pauses, Family Drama

Screenplay

Harmony Korine

Cast

Ewen Bremner, Chloe Sevigny, Werner Herzog, Evan Neumann, Joyce Korine, Chrissy Kobylak, Alvin Law

Cinematography

Anthony Dod Mantle

Director

Harmony Korine

Producer

Fine Line Features