Mr. Lonely

I went to the Nashville premiere of native son Harmony Korine's new movie Mr. Lonely. Harmony came out to introduce the film and then answered questions afterword. I wasn't sure what to expect as Gummo and Julian Donkey Boy definitely had a very specific style and feel. But surprisingly Mr. Lonely really felt like an entirely different director almost and was quite a marked change from all of his previous work.




"All he would ever be was an observer. He waited with serenity. Life had never been good enough to him for him to wince at its destruction. He told himself that he was indifferent even to his own dissolution. It seemed to him that this indifference was the most that human dignity could achieve, and for the moment forgetting his lapses, forgetting even his narrow escape of the afternoon, he felt he had achieved it. To feel nothing was peace."
-A Crackup At the Race Riots (Harmony Korine)

That was the Harmony I was expecting to see come through in the film, but instead it seemed to be colored by something more hopeful and optimistic. A desire for transcendence and a connection with the outside world came through in ways that I hadn't seen before in his other films and it was very moving. Who knows if thats what he was after, but suffice it to say it was definitely one of my favorite films this year.


and who knew abe lincoln was so funny?