Kids (film)
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French release poster
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| Directed by | Larry Clark |
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| Screenplay by | Harmony Korine |
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| Music by | Lou Barlow |
| Cinematography | Eric Edwards |
| Edited by | Christopher Tellefsen |
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| Distributed by | Shining Excalibur Films |
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Running time
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91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Kids Original Soundtrack | ||
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| Released | 1995 | |
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Indie rock lo-fi |
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| Length | 41:16 | |
| Label | London Records | |
| Producer | Brian Beattie Randall Poster Tim O'Heir |
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| Singles from Kids Original Soundtrack | ||
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| Entertainment Weekly | A |
| NME | 7/10 |
| Spin | 8/10 |
Kids is a 1995 American independent coming-of-age film written by Harmony Korine and directed by Larry Clark. It stars Chloë Sevigny, Leo Fitzpatrick, Justin Pierce, Rosario Dawson, and Jon Abrahams, all in their film debuts. Kids is centered on a day in the life of a group of sexually active teenagers in New York City and their hedonistic behavior towards sex and substance abuse (alcohol and other street drugs) during the height of the AIDS epidemic in the mid-1990s. The film generated a massive controversy upon its release in 1995, and caused much public debate over its artistic merit, even receiving an NC-17 rating from the MPAA. It was later released without a rating.
The film opens with Telly (Leo Fitzpatrick) and a 12-year-old girl making out on a bed. With no adults around, Telly, who is slightly older, persuades the girl, who is a virgin, to have sex with him. Afterwards, he meets his friend, Casper (Justin Pierce), and they talk about his sexual experience very crudely. Telly has taken to only having sex with virgins. They go inside a local store, where Casper shoplifts a bottle of malt liquor as Telly distracts the cashier. Looking for drugs, food and a place to hang out, they head to their friend Paul's (Sajan Bhagat) apartment, though they express dislike of him on the way there. They arrive at Paul's house, talk about sex and smoke marijuana while watching a skate video (Video Days). Casper inhales nitrous oxide out of balloons, which Telly considers dangerous. The scene intercuts with a group of girls, among them Ruby (Rosario Dawson) and Jennie (Chloë Sevigny), talking about sex—each gender contradicting what the other gender says, especially about oral sex.
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