I found a full link to Gummo, then I got a sociology major to watch it with me from beginning to end. He felt disturbed because all of the characters reminded him of folks he knew in real life. He told me that the strait forward treatment of the characters as human beings helped him to become engaged in a narrative that he was unsure off. He is still unsure of it to this day.
Yesterday I sat down with a really hip rapper. He made me watch Battle Royal. I had not seen this before but as soon as it started I understood why it had such a cult following. The subject matter and reality in which it is presented make this film a wonderful example of cinema. The concept of High school kids killing each other in the name of the greater good seems like a strange idea. Putting it into context though makes a lot of sense. We are all fighting each other, we function within a capitalist system that only rewards the select few bold enough to stab their friends in the back to get a head. Now putting it in to a high school setting brings up issues of education and the elite who get to have a good education, and the worker bees that have to support those working toward education. Over all I enjoyed the hollywood look that this director achives. It makes it an international film dealing with universal themes. I respect the director for creating a great looking film that is also a fully developed conceptual piece.
Summations-
Directing of Gummo
Hollywood methods to convey full conceptual narratives
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