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Film journalist Dan Persons sits down with controversial director Gregg Araki to discuss his manic, apocalyptic comedy, Kaboom. Amongst other topics, Araki discusses taking inspiration from David Lynch, depicting college life as a whirlwind of rampant sex and copious drug use, and his transition from the dark tone of such previous films as The Doom Generation to the lighter tones of his more recent works.
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Film journalist Dan Persons sits down with controversial director Gregg Araki to discuss his manic, apocalyptic comedy, Kaboom. Amongst other topics, Araki discusses taking inspiration from David Lynch, depicting college life as a whirlwind of rampant sex and copious drug use, and his transition from the dark tone of such previous films as The Doom Generation to the lighter tones of his more recent works.
NOTE: This episode is presented in its original podcast format. Future episodes will be presented in a broadcast format.
Intro and Outro
INTRO:His previous film, SMILEY FACE, seems to have perked director Gregg Araki up considerably. There’s a fatality to his newest, KABOOM — dealing with the imminent end of the world and all that — but there’s also an antic attitude to it that pulls the proceedings away from the darkness. Granted, when your story is about an “ambisexual” college freshman -- played by Thomas Dekker -- who’s getting premonitions of an impending apocalypse in between bouts of sex and copious drug use, all while his best friend -- played by Haley Bennett -- is being stalked by a jealous witch and his surfer-cute roommate --Chris Zylka -- is sending out decidedly mixed signals, it’s hard to keep a (forgive us) straight face. This may be another of Araki’s doomed generations, but they’re not gonna mope around about it.
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