Gummo
Harmony Korine · 1997
Harmony Korine’s 1997 debut is an experimental collage of life in a tornado-ravaged Midwestern town, shot in Nashville with non-actors, fragmented formats, and zero narrative scaffolding. It privileges texture over story, presence over psychology, and ambiguity over judgment — landing as a singular, abrasive, and deeply felt portrait of adolescence and poverty on the American periphery.
