Larry Clark

Luhring Augustine
130 Prince Street, NYC
Jan 20 - Feb 24

After having seen Kids, you could become quite skeptical about the state of the society reflected in the values and actions of adolescents. Young boys skateboarding--high on weed and spaced out--just in the other moment able to perform some action of merciless violence. They behave like the last hero of machismo, lying and betraying to succeed in deflowering girls, who are dreaming of a boy who takes care of them. Yes, these kids are portrayed wild and somehow lost in Larry Clark's film Kids. Just another "no future" generation.

After having seen the exhibition of nearly one hundred photographs of more or less the same youngsters, hanging out in Washington Square Park and skateboarding under the Brooklyn Bridge you will find some hope again for this generation.

Maybe the movie has been too fast to take a look in their eyes, which the photographs now offer. There you see the other side, the optimistic shining of being young and having pleasure simple and real on a sunny day with your skateboard. There you start to believe again in the future of this generation. Maybe that's why Larry Clark added one photograph, showing himself on a sunny day on board a sailing boat.

-Rainald Schumacher

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Seeing these kids in the photos along side of Larry Clarks own HIV test results on the wall of the gallery was a strong comment about the danger of being young today. I also got the sense from the photos that Mr. Clark really cares for these kids. Thomas Parker Williams

I´m sitting here contemplating... Is Larry Clark a member of NAMBLA? Eagerly awaiting your response. Kjersti Lund

give me some more information!

How can I get hold of Larry Clark? Would like to contact him for a comercial editing job. Thank you in advance.

I watched KIDS the first time an hour ago. I'm 20 years old and I'm fascinated of the film. My parents aren't, though. They haven't got the message ...

I like you so much. You are so pretty. I think if i fucked you, you would love it.

Good movie I think.Skateboarding and drugs rules.

balls

i've seen the movie Kids and i feel that the reason why adults have a hard time to see the "message" of this film is because it's reality. it's what's going on today.it's in your face truth and many parents don't want their children to behave like that. but we mustn't forget that adults were once "kids" themselves.

this was a very....uh....different movie. reality bites!

IF ANYBODY IS READING GIVE MORE INFO ON KIDS. THANKS!!!!!

if there's anyone out there please put more 411 on kids, it will be greatly appreciated!

I just saw this movie and it fascinated me. I am now writing an english paper on the so called message and intention of the movie. If someone could give me a little more information, that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Valerie

One of the more serious points Mr. Clark portrays is the lack of involvement of the parents in this film. This is clearly seen in the party while "steve's" parents are away, "telly's" mother's lax additude, and even how "Jenny cannot reach her mother in calling to reveal the results of her test. This is a lost generation, and sadily we are all a part of it. There needs to be a closer bond with parents and their children. Mr. Clark points out How important solid parenting is not just keping children away form drugs, but in simply keeping them alive. New York is not a pretty place to live. I've been here for 21 years. It is a cold city ruled by a cold government that does not give a sh*t about the youth culture. We must ALL work to help keep our children alive.

jenny is the worst fuck I've ever had. Like a dead fish or something. But what is this rash all over my balls?

Being a teenager like in the Kids is just sad, sad, sad. And it's so real. So much damage done to these young souls who are looking around to find an answer. This society sucks.

KIDS was one of the best movies I have seen as of yet. Parts of it reflect my own life, and thats truely scary. It portrays teenage life in a new and different light. The work, IMHO is genuis. When I first heard about the movie, I was determined to see it, but alas, no theatres near me were showing, so I waited to rent it on video. Larry Clark did a wonderful job. Thank you.

I see nothing wrong with the lifestyle of these kids. I would kill to be able to fuck and do drugs all day. But I do not have the opportunity. Sex and drugs are what life is all about. Will someone please tell me what is wrong with that statement.

in response to "joe's" comment what's wrong with that is you may think that that's good, but look what happened to telly. he got aids and doesn't even know it. but, hey, it's your life.

LAVAR MC.BRIDE RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i don't know how telly got all those girls, he's ugly as sin!!!

If anyone has info about Larry Clark, his movie, or his eariler books please contact me. I am currently working on a project for a history of documentary photography class about Larry Clark. If anyone has comments or comparisons about "Teenage Lust" or "Tulsa" I would be very interested to hear them. In response to monkey: I agree, Telly is ugly as sin.

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Kids is a great fuckin movie that depicts the way life really is. 4 A long time of my life I lived in detroit and I know just what that shits fuckin like,so all U parents not wanting your kids to see that movie can fuck off,cause thats the way it is,and if U want to hide the TRUTH from your kids I cant consider you a parent

what is interesting to me about Mr. Clarks work is that I grew up in tulsa, but on the west side, the "poor" kids, i'm not saying i saw anything like what Mr. Clark did, but i did see some of the culture of guns, drugs, and Jesus now i live a couple of blocks from where it all happened, and i know it still has to go on, yet we seem to hide it or ignore it more like it. People just dont realize and they dont want to accept what makes them feel uncomfortable, but it is fascinating!

UGLY AS SIN?!!!!...

Responding to Kjersti Lund -- No, Larry Clark has publicly stated aversion to NAMBLA. Somewhat hypocritical IMHO, even if he is married. He threatened legal action because GAYME Magazine (exploring gay adolescent sexuality) reviewed one of his picture books. If you find yourself attracted to male youth, or are concerned about Western culture's repression of youth sexuality. I suggest you find out what nambla's really about: http://www.nambla.org/

Todays world truly suck! teenagers around the world! IT'S TIME FOR REVOLUTION... ...but hey! We're to busy with taking drugs and fuck eachother! Damn! Well...I'll better go take a trip of LSD just to forget everything!.........uhm....yeah...wha?...revo.what?..who.c...are.s...huh?..hehehee....yaahh....!.......

IRATZARRI NINTZEN ETA BAKARRIK NENGOEN ETA NEUREAK GABE EZ NINTZELA INOR IKUSI NUEN.

KIDS is fuckin great yo... the reason most people don't like it is cause they don't think, or just don't want to admit that people actually do live like this... I think the whole skateboarding, gang beating scene was fuckin cool but alot of people don't understand it yo... Casper apologized to that guy and the guy (twice) and then told him to forget it, leave him alone, but the bitch kept frontin so Casper did what any kid would do, he fuckin showed the bitch ass up so that they wouldnt fuck with him anymore... This does happen in real life by the way, its not just in the movies, I think that whole scene gave skateboarders even more of a bad name than they already got yo, cause most skaters are repectful people who should be treated with the same respect and admired for there talent (you dont just strap on some nikes and throw a ball around, skatin takes talent yo) not given a bad rep for scrathing up curbs in fuckin parking lots! Who the fuck cares, were having fun and were not hurting a damn thing... the only fuckheads who should be givin a bad rep are the ones who carry a skateboard around to look like there somthing there not, if you one of these (we all do) give em a kick in the ass for me yo... KIDS is good, dont car what the critics say, they wouldnt have a clue what the movie stood for anyway... Personaly, I bought my own copy of KIDS and I think its the shit!

all you guys who think that the way the kids in the movie live is cool should fuckin try living like that, the only reason you say there lifestyle is cool is cause your probably some rich motherfucker with nothing better to do but go on your $5000 puter daddy bought you for your birthday and post messages about how cool it is to do drugs and go skateboarding, then you remember "wait a sec, i've never done drugs and i own a skateboard but its in my garage somewhere, maybee i'll dig it out and try to be like telly and casper". To all people like this: FUCK OFF and live a life of your own, belive me you don't want to live like that!

we would like more info on the film and about larry clark. it would be of great help for our research project on the movie and intention (failure?)

I think that Larry should have showed the PR girl getting it in the ass. Just so that we don't doubt her. She could have been lying you know.

We saw Kids just an hour ago and our opinion is that Steven is the best looking boy we´ve ever seen (since yesterday...)

I KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE I WAS ABUSED WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG ABOUT SEVEN YEARS OLD, WHEN I WAS IN A PRIVATE SCHOOL FOR BOYS WITH EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS, UNTILL I WAS EIGHTEEN. NOW I'V BEEN WITH BOYS AND FEEL THE SAME.

MMM.... BUTTERSCOTCH Y'ALL THAT'S SOME BAD SHIT THAT GETS DOWN ON YO ASS NIGGAH, SITS ON YO LAP AND SUCKS YO DICK. WELL, MA BITCH SUCK ANOTHER NIGGAH DICK Y'ALL.........

At the end, a TRUE movie about the teenagers performed by TRUE teenagers and not by grown up guys (of 25-30) who monkey the teenagers (see R. Macchio or J. Priestley). Everything is over the lines and some actors don't look like actors. Above all, sometimes the camera doesn't worry to mistake the shots; like in a VHS by an amateur: this taking of reality in the middle of a crazy emphasis makes Clark's work a great one. The boy who does Telly acts just with his crooked teeths, but they are sufficient to betray an exasperated cynicism and to accompany egregiously the extraordinary performances of Casper and Jenny: respectively grotesque smile and resigned despair. In Italy "Kids" is forbidden to less-than-18: but then... has Clark exploited his young actors just for adults' world? I don't think so: I hope that teenagers see themselves there and reflect, because they are sufficiently awake to understand. Maybe it's more difficult for a 40.

i grew up with Larry CLark in Tulsa , I can name most of the people in the book Tulsa by name.. i did it all and guess what i made it.. I am alive I work, I write, I am in college, and I am a grandmother.. don't give up on those Kids yet.. you never know they just might make it also..

My best movie!

Telly (Leo Fitzpatrick) actaully co-wrote the screenplay of Kids after 19 year old Harmony wrote it. The bits I've seen are pretty true to life. The sad thing is that parents don't know their kids well enough to look after them, or even to give a shit that this is what happens in real life. God bless Harmony, Larry and the truth they hold.

I really like your summary of the monie "Kids", it was portrayed not as a sick wrong and twisted movie but for what it really is. I personally loved this movie and I now own it. I being a kid in somewhat of a different city, but can relate to all that has been mentioned. Well done! -Brian Gluys

I am 18 years and I first saw KIDS a little over a year ago. I had never even heard of it until I saw it in a video rental store. I read the back of the box and decided to give it a try. I had no idea what to expect. I went home and put it in my V.C.R, and started to watch. For the entire length of the movie, i couldn't do anything but sit on the couch with my eyes glued to the television. It was such an eye opening experience. After it was over, I still sat there, just gazing at the screen. When I came around to saying something, all I could say was shit....... This was the most true to life film that i had ever seen. The scariest thing about it was that te people in the film were just like me! They weren,t acting...they were just being typical teenagers. This type of stuff doesn't just happen in big cities. I'm from a small town (population 1000) on the east coast of Canada, and thiis type of stuff goes on around me all the time. It is truly and honestly the absolute best film that i have ever seen. My only complaint is that a lot of the corporate video stores won' carry it because it received an nc-17 rating. Adults should just open up their eyes and look around them. If everyone just paid a little bit more attention to their kids, the world truly would be a better place.

i have a script that i feel larry clark would be interested in. how would i get in contact with him?

Does anyone know how can I get a hold of Clark's "Teenage Lust" (1983)? I've been trying to hunt it from my small college town but no luck. I GOTTA HAVE IT. As what comes to the movie, I can only say Thank you to Larry Clark. He put some of my most fucked up feelings and experiences on the screen and after seeing the movie I felt _free_.

A "KIDS" web page. http://www.netwiz.net/~casper/htmls/kids.html turn on your speakers

I want to fuck Darcie!

It's about time a movie actually showed reality. KIDS kicked ass.

If this interests anyone I've got some info about an upcoming movie that Larry Clark is directing & co-producing titled "Another Day In Paradise". It's being shot in Tulsa and Los Angeles. It's taken from a book by the same name and stars: James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Vincent Kartheiser & Lou Diamond Phillips. I just read the book and LOVED it!!! If you liked "kids" then this is a book for you! I think Larry Clark will make this book a kick-ass movie! If anyone wants to share info on Larry Clark, "Kids" or "Another Day In Paradise" please email me!!! ddingerr@hotmail.com

Go see this web page devoted to KIDS. http://www.rit.edu/~cel4538/

I am interested in purchasing a copy of the book "Larry Clark 1992". I believe it is out of print and it was not published in the U.S.

Kids may be a great movie for some people, but for me seeing the trials of teenage life on screen makes me realize how far our generations way of life has gone. You can't kid yourself into thinking these things really don't happen anymore. It's no comfort to know that this film is supposed to send a message. We hear the same message on a daily basis from hundreds of people screaming the same thing in our ears. Why are sex and drugs so important now? If our generation gives up all hope and only finds comfort in sex and drugs then we really are a lost generation. I think Cracker was right. I do hate my generation because of their lack of vision and because they have rolled over and died befor they even tried to crawl. We could fight society if we had something to fight for but that's our problem. We piss and moan about "society" and how "society" keeps us down. Well, I've got news for you all. We are society. All we have to do is change the way we think, but we don't know what we believe in and we don't know what's worth fighting for. Kids is an excellent movie for people who believe in Big Brother and the desolate painting of the present and future. This is not life everywhere. It's only life where we make a way of life.

Kids may be a great movie for some people, but for me seeing the trials of teenage life on screen makes me realize how far our generations way of life has gone. You can't kid yourself into thinking these things really don't happen anymore. It's no comfort to know that this film is supposed to send a message. We hear the same message on a daily basis from hundreds of people screaming the same thing in our ears. Why are sex and drugs so important now? If our generation gives up all hope and only finds comfort in sex and drugs then we really are a lost generation. I think Cracker was right. I do hate my generation because of their lack of vision and because they have rolled over and died befor they even tried to crawl. We could fight society if we had something to fight for but that's our problem. We piss and moan about "society" and how "society" keeps us down. Well, I've got news for you all. We are society. All we have to do is change the way we think, but we don't know what we believe in and we don't know what's worth fighting for. Kids is an excellent movie for people who believe in Big Brother and the desolate painting of the present and future. This is not life everywhere. It's only life where we make a way of life.

I just want to know how old the kids in "Kids" are. Especially the girl Telly is screwing in the begining. Thanks for any info.

Woah.....This isnt Larry Clark the Photographer who's photo's were a reflection of society is it??????

fuckin a yo Casper is the shit mmman!!!!!

YO!! THIS MOVIE IS THE SHIT. I WANNA MEET CASPER !!! IF ANYONE HAS THE SCRIPT PLEASE E-MAIL ME!! SNEEZY@AOL.COM

i thought kids was an excellently made movie, however frightening the realism in it may be, i am looking for more information on larry clark's photos, i've heard of them but never seen any. i'm also looking for pictures of chole sevigny (jennie), if anyone can help me out with either i'd really aprriciate it. thanks. melanie

i thought kids was an excellently made movie, however frightening the realism in it may be, i am looking for more information on larry clark's photos, i've heard of them but never seen any. i'm also looking for pictures of chole sevigny (jennie), if anyone can help me out with either i'd really aprriciate it. thanks. melanie