A Film That Makes Me Sad:
Kids.
Directed by Larry Clark and written by Harmony Kormine, Kids follows the lives of a group of friends living in the inner city of New York. Dark and disturbing, Kids was a low budget film that held nothing back. It starts out with the main character Telly attempting to ''deflower" a virgin in one of the most adward sex scenes I've ever scene. After Telly has done the deed he proveeds to leave the house and spits on the hardwood floor and recall the previous events to his friend Casper. As he tells him of his sexual ecounter the two journey through New York stealing from liquor stores and peeing in plain sight showing that the world they live in is theirs. Kids conveys an urban realism that features these Kids thrust into the very adult world of sex, drugs, violence and life, never letting up on the realization that these are just children.
The movie handles like a documentary, staying in the perspective of the group. The crushing realism of this movie reflects in the truest way possible growing up in an urban enviorment where there are no rules. I find it sad because I can relate to what this group is going through, it's nostalgia incarnate but in the worst ways possible, bringing past demons to life.
Tellys character brings to life what every adolescent boy has on their minds: sex and how to get it at any means possible. His no holds bar approach on sex borders on the sadistic in his relentless pursuit of 'deflowering' every virgin that comes in his path. His philosophy on virgins is chilling: "Say you die tomorrow. fifty years from now, she'll still remember you." You only see the world through their eyes, everything else is arbitrary. The actor who plays Telly portrays him in such a chilling matter, not the best looking but arguably one of the best at his trade, offering the answer to the sexual experience for these young souls. Telly has a chilling secret however, he is HIV positive, a revelation that neither he nor his partners know. The plot thickens however, two of the girls go in for an STD test and you come to find out one of them is HIV positive and the only person she slept with, the person that stole her virginity is Telly.
The rest of the film is overcast in her pursuit of finding Telly before he can claim another culminating to the conclusion when she finds him in bed with another victim. She ends up to wracked by the grief of seeing this and ends up passing out only to be raped by Telly's friend Casper. The next ten minutes of the film are to visually and dialogue driven to be put in words so without further ado: Telly: "When you're young, not much matters. When you find something that you care about, then that's all you got. When you go to sleep at night you dream of pussy. When you wake up it's the same thing. It's there in your face. You can;t escape it. Sometimes when you're young, the only place to go is inside. That's just it- fucking is what I love. Take that away from me and I really got nothing.'' By far the most chilling and depressing monologue I've ever heard in a movie.
The movie handles like a documentary, staying in the perspective of the group. The crushing realism of this movie reflects in the truest way possible growing up in an urban enviorment where there are no rules. I find it sad because I can relate to what this group is going through, it's nostalgia incarnate but in the worst ways possible, bringing past demons to life.
Tellys character brings to life what every adolescent boy has on their minds: sex and how to get it at any means possible. His no holds bar approach on sex borders on the sadistic in his relentless pursuit of 'deflowering' every virgin that comes in his path. His philosophy on virgins is chilling: "Say you die tomorrow. fifty years from now, she'll still remember you." You only see the world through their eyes, everything else is arbitrary. The actor who plays Telly portrays him in such a chilling matter, not the best looking but arguably one of the best at his trade, offering the answer to the sexual experience for these young souls. Telly has a chilling secret however, he is HIV positive, a revelation that neither he nor his partners know. The plot thickens however, two of the girls go in for an STD test and you come to find out one of them is HIV positive and the only person she slept with, the person that stole her virginity is Telly.
The rest of the film is overcast in her pursuit of finding Telly before he can claim another culminating to the conclusion when she finds him in bed with another victim. She ends up to wracked by the grief of seeing this and ends up passing out only to be raped by Telly's friend Casper. The next ten minutes of the film are to visually and dialogue driven to be put in words so without further ado: Telly: "When you're young, not much matters. When you find something that you care about, then that's all you got. When you go to sleep at night you dream of pussy. When you wake up it's the same thing. It's there in your face. You can;t escape it. Sometimes when you're young, the only place to go is inside. That's just it- fucking is what I love. Take that away from me and I really got nothing.'' By far the most chilling and depressing monologue I've ever heard in a movie.
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