Recently, a movie has swept through the fiery South by Southwest Film Festival.
This "Beach Wanderer" is full of sex, tobacco, and wine groves; it is far from other competition works, and the temperament is too lively and gorgeous.
And when we were confused about who could shoot such a bold seaside carnival, we found out about the director.
Harmony Colin
Harmony Korine
Harmony Colin is now the most popular independent new director in the United States, and he is breaking into the public eye with a brand new attitude.
Don't look at his immature face, he is crueler than anyone else to make a movie.
Roger Albert
The film critic Roger Ebert once said in his comments that he was another new director who shattered tradition and reorganized the film after Godard, Tarkovsky and other filmmakers .
Earlier, Mexican director Carlos Regadas listed his personal TOP10 in the British "Sight & Sound" magazine (Sight & Sound), and Hamoni Colin’s debut novel "Strange Boy" has been with Bresson and Berg Man, Bella Tal’s works are side by side .
Speaking of "The Beach Wanderer", this should be an independent and commercial film. It is similar to "Spring Break" which Colin competed for the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival five years ago. It has a strong neon color vision. Matching, but in fact, this is not the temperament of Colin's original work.
"Spring Break" (2012)
After watching the early shooting scenes of "Spring Break", the independent film website IndieWire wrote: "This is probably the strangest film the director has made. It is essentially different from his previous work."
"Strange Boy" (1997)
Yes, many years ago, Colin made all confusing independent experimental films. Suddenly the style of painting changed, from a cynical folk artist to a cheerful boy who loves the beach, we don't know what happened.
A half-cooked bizarre kid
Harmony Colin
Colin was born in California in 1973 and grew up in Nashville. Because his father was also an independent director, he often watched movies with Colin, and he was regarded as Colin's film enlightenment teacher.
"Dwarf Hooligans" (1970), Colin's cinema enlightenment film
After his childhood, he moved to New York to live with his grandmother. He was different from others only in his youth. He loved watching the works of directors such as Casavez, Herzog, Godard, Fassbinder and Alan Clark.
"Outlaws" (1964)
Geniuses always drop out of school, and so does Colin.
After entering New York University, he quickly dropped out of school and wanted to be a professional skater, but went to be a stripper. During this period, he met the photographer Larry Clark who led him into the industry .
Larry Clark
Larry Clark is the director of the movie "Semi-Bored" , and this story is provided by Colin. After Colin and Clark met, he showed him a story about a boy who was taken by his father to prostitution.
"Semi-Mature Boy" (1995)
"Semi-Mature Boy" was a success that year. The film truly restored the life of a teenager at the bottom of Manhattan. It was harassed by AIDS and flooded with drugs, which caused a lot of controversy.
From then on, Colin became famous, so Colin took this opportunity to start his career as a director. In two years, the half-mature boy became a strange boy.
"Strange Boy" (1997)
"Strange Boy" is Colin's debut, full of experimentation. The author’s style has been unfolding since then, and the image fragments like a jigsaw puzzle can’t constitute a complete story at all.
"Strange Boy" (1997)
The film describes the daily life of young people in a small town after a tornado, still presenting reality to the chaotic American streets, hopeless at all, giving people a sense of powerlessness and desperation.
"Strange Boy" (1997)
During the premiere, many viewers left the theater angrily because of the cat abuse plot, but the film was highly praised by the German master Herzog and won the Critics Award at the Venice Film Festival.
Recognition of the Dougma Manifesto
Dogme95
The Dougma 95 Manifesto is a film movement initiated by Danish director Lars von Trier , Thomas Winterberg, Christine Levine and Soren Kragh-Jacobsen in 1995.
Lars von Trier
The initiators realized that today's films are too focused on special effects and neglect their own film spirit. In order to emphasize the purity of film composition and focus on the true story and the performance of the actors themselves, they wrote the "Ten Commandments" of Dougma's film. :
1: Real-time shooting, no props or scenery can be added later. (The filming must be done at the place where the story takes place.) 2: Cancel the silent music. 3: Shoot with a portable camera. 4: Special lighting effects are not allowed. 5: No visual effects and color filters are used. 6: There shall be no surface treatment scenes, such as murder, the prohibition of weapons and other elements. 7: It must be a modern theme. 8: Cannot shoot genre movies. 9: The film format must be 35mm. 10: The director's name does not appear at the beginning and end of the movie.
Julian the Donkey (1998)
In 1998, Colin directed "Julian the Donkey" , which was listed as the sixth film under the Dougmar Manifesto. Lars von Trier praised Colin for his creative interpretation of the Dougmar doctrine.
Julian the Donkey (1998)
This work describes a deformed family, the mother is dead, the father is mentally distorted, and the heroine Julian lives in this desperate family, suffering from untreated schizophrenia. Colin always focused his images on people like this in the film, discussing the way out in reality.
Julian the Donkey (1998)
Colin's directorial works are few and far between, but each one is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. In 2007, he filmed the third feature film "Mr. Lonely" and focused his perspective on people that ordinary people would not care about: imitating actors.
"Mr. Solitude" (2007)
This work describes the story of a large group of actors imitating celebrities in a Scottish castle. You will see imitating Michael Jackson, Marilyn Monroe, and Charlie Chaplin. Although the stars gathered, Colin was still weird and obscure, sad but sober.
Those years gone
"Spring Break" (2012)
In 2012, "Spring Break" was screened at the Venice Film Festival. Colin showed the hormones of American youth, the drunken fans, and the youth that is nowhere to be placed. Sun, beach, pool parties, money and cocaine are endless extravagance. It is completely different from Colin's previous works.
What changed him?
"The Heaven and Earth" (2002)
In fact, as early as 2002, Larry Clark filmed "The Heaven and Earth", but after the two parted ways due to creative differences, Colin experienced the lowest period of life.
Colin and Chloe Sevigny (1997)
During that time, he experienced the pain of breaking up with his girlfriend Chloe Sevigny, and at the same time has been fighting against drug addiction and drug abuse. After eight years of detoxification, when he appeared in front of the media again, the once handsome boy became a big-bellied Uncle Hu.
Harmony Colin
As far as his experience is concerned, if he has changed, he has not changed at all.
Because whether it is a commercial entertainment film or an obscure independent film, he can handle it securely and is exceptionally good. He is more like a person chosen by the times than a navigator.
"Semi-Mature Boy" (1995)
As far as his early works are concerned, the reality is terrible. During the American AIDS crisis, the film "Semi-Bored" was touted as a real problem for the youth of New York City, which caused considerable controversy. But if it is placed in other times, I am afraid it will be difficult to resonate.
Colin was disdainful of these, even though he was not treated by the mainstream media, he never thought of trying to please them.
"My idea is to do what counts, but it doesn't matter to me to make a big movie, to achieve great success or something. As long as I keep doing what I want to do, taking pictures in my mind, I think I will be very Okay." -Harmony Colin, "The Beautiful Loser"
"Strange Boy" (1997)
Being loyal to oneself , this may be the characteristic of every artist and film master. They are all heterogeneous, but only heterogeneous is precious.
We are not aliens. Sometimes we just set our own limits and hide in the crowd.
"Spring Break" (2012)
"Do what you want to do." It sounds like an idealist, and it's unreliable.
But when you truly feel something in your heart, you cannot be silent, and when expression desires to occupy the soul, no obstacle can resist you. Then you will become the brightest and strangest star in the night sky like Colin.
"Spring Break" (2012)
As the German director Herzog said: "Kolin makes the clear voice of a new generation of filmmakers who put himself in a brand new position. It will never become the mainstream of the world's cinema, but what about it? "
Not mainstream, so what? No one is mediocre, but you dare not be unique.
Be brave to be yourself, and you will be who you want to be.
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