Gummo | Far Out! Film Night

Gummo is a 1997 American experimental comedy/drama film written and directed by Harmony Korine (in his directorial debut). The loose narrative follows several main characters who find odd and destructive ways to pass time after a cyclone has hit their town.

The film was shot in some of Nashville's poorest neighbourhoods using a cast of mostly non-actors from these very neighbourhoods. Producer Cary Woods comments, "We're essentially seeing the kind of poverty that we're used to seeing in Third World countries when news crews are covering famines, [but] seeing that in the heart of America."

Shot on an estimated budget of $1.3 million in just 4 weeks, the film was not given a large theatrical release and failed to generate large box office revenues. It received generally negative reviews from critics and generated substantial press for its graphic content and stylised, loosely woven narrative.

"The worst film of the year."…