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The Living End
Why this pick
Araki’s earlier DIY provocation shares the raw, disaffected queer youth energy, abrasive humor, and intimate sense of people trying to survive emotional isolation.
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MOVIE1993 1h 18m USA
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Why this pick
Its heightened colors and nihilistic adolescent drift extend Totally Fucked Up’s fractured alienation into a more stylized, violent, darkly comic nightmare.
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Nowhere
Why this pick
Another anxious, funny, emotionally unruly youth ensemble from Araki, with a collage-like structure and a deliberately overwhelming late-night atmosphere.
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Go Fish
Why this pick
A foundational queer indie with conversational looseness, low-budget immediacy, and an ensemble whose romantic confusion feels observed rather than polished.
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The Watermelon Woman
Why this pick
Its handmade visual texture, direct-address playfulness, and queer social world echo the personal, formally casual spirit behind Totally Fucked Up.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The plot is concerned with six teenagers, four of whom are gay men, the other two a "traditional" lesbian couple. The plot is spliced with segments of other material and occasional tangents not central to the plot, but it mainly follows a linear structure. Araki has constructed the film in 15 parts, which is described in the opening titles.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
James Duval
Andy
Roko Belic
Tommy
Susan Behshid
Michele
Jenee Gill
Patricia
Gilbert Luna
Steven
Lance May
Deric
Alan Boyce
Ian