Gummo

 

interview by OLIVIER ZAHM

 

Harmony Korine’s sister found these pictures in a closet, under a broken skateboard and a pile of socks. They were used for the costume fittings of Harmony’s first film, GUMMO, a selection of wild vignettes set in a fictional southern US town destroyed by a tornado. Gummo became a cult film, with the famous “bunny boy,” and the styling of Chloë Sevigny, who also acted in the film and was Harmony’s girlfriend at the time. This feature is a flashback to the quintessential ’90s movie.

OLIVIER ZAHM — You made Gummo — your first feature film — 15 years ago, after writing the script for Larry Clark’s film, Kids. Could you describe the ambiance on the set of Gummo?
HARMONY KORINE — The whole thing was like one long anecdote. The filming of it came together like magic falling from the sky. I…