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Ken Park
- Director: Larry Clark; Edward Lachman
- Writer: Larry Clark; Harmony Korine
- Producer: Olivier Brémond; Pascal Breton
CGiii Comment
7 years on from 'Kids' and the kids are all just the same.
Vile teens and adults - all feature in this tried-but-failed-to-be-banned film.
Disturbing realism.
Important? Yes, in that it definitely pushes the boundaries.
Unpalatable...but, worth seeing.
Exploitative - definitely - but, in America - the discourse on exploitation needs to be re-evaluated.
Clark versus Van Sant?
Clark wins...hands down.
Trailer...
Ken Park [Trailer] from TheCabinet on Vimeo.
The(ir) Blurb...
Ken Park focuses on several teenagers and their tormented home lives. Shawn seems to be the most conventional. Tate is brimming with psychotic rage; Claude is habitually harassed by his brutish father and coddled, rather uncomfortably, by his enormously pregnant mother. Peaches looks after her devoutly religious father, but yearns for freedom. They're all rather tight, or so they claim. But they spend precious little time together and none of them seems to know much about one another's family lives. This bizarre dichotomy underscores their alienation # the result of suburban ennui, a teenager's inherent sense of melodrama, and the disturbing nature of their home environments.
Cast & Characters
Adam Chubbuck as Ken Park;
James Bullard as Shawn;
Seth Gray as Shawn's Brother;
Eddie Daniels as Shawn's Mother;
Zara McDowell as Zoe;
Maeve Quinlan as Rhonda;
Stephen Jasso as Claude;
Wade Williams as Claude's Father;
Tiffany Limos as Peaches;
Julio Oscar Mechoso as Peaches' Father;
James Ransone as Tate;
Patricia Place as Tate's Grandmother;
Amanda Plummer as Claude's Mother;
Mike Apaletegui as Curtis;
Harrison Young as Tate's Grandfather