Ken Park (Uncut Uncensored Director's Version - Import)
by Larry Clark
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DVD Cover Information
Director: Larry ClarkPrimary Contributor: Tiffany Limos
Primary Contributor: James Robert
Primary Contributor: Stephen Jasso
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown); Russian (Unknown); Russian (Subtitled)
Format: Color, Director's Cut, Import, PAL, Widescreen
Running Time: 92 unknown-units
Published: 2003
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: CP Digital
Movie Reviews of Ken Park (Uncut Uncensored Director's Version - Import)
Movie Review: A course on Paraphilia
Summary: 5 Stars
Well, I have just seen a Russian version of the DVD on a region free DVD-ROM and I wasn't surprised by the level of content. I was expecting unflinching scenes of graphic sex, but was shocked and a bit disturbed from the depiction of brutally honest acts of paraphilia. There are many uncut scenes of coitus, cunnilingus, masturbation, menage trois, and a bit of S&M, which some may think excessive and others may find unwatchable. During many of these scenes, it was painfully unsettling to view myself, but then i thought about my thought process. Our traditional, civilized society automatically triggers them as taboo in our psyche and we automatically dismiss it as pornographic or exploitative. When in reality it shows these paraphiliac acts with unflinching realism that it forces us to think about why we are caught up in the controversy of its extremity when we should just accept them as standard sexual dysfunctions in our society. Having said that, I would just like to say this film is daring and audacious, staking new grounds in realism of American suburban life. That it would have me thinking so deeply about its content is proof of how thought provoking this film is. Yes, this film shows uncut sex, full frontal male nudity (many times), and disturbing images of psychotic rage and sexual dysfunction. It raises many questions about society and doesn't even begin to answer them. Some people complain that it lacks structure, story, moral center, and contains too much sex.
1. The structure is typical of the generation X screenplay: it doesn't have a coherent one, but jumps around from character to character.
2. The story is told from multiple narrators, all of whom are childhood friends.
3. The moral center is ambiguous and can contain several different interpretations.
My take on the moral is that of our society's repression of sexuality. We try so hard to maintain a civilized facade, that sometimes we forget that we are uncontrollable sexual animals. This can lead to disastrous results as this sexual monster of a predator builds up inside, waiting to be unleashed. Sometimes in the form of paraphilia. Sometimes we forget that people with paraphilia are human and have probably suffered some sexual trauma or sexual repression as youths. That is where the film doesn't explain: how did these characters become like this? Then theres the uncut sexual content. I believe this film is making a statement about not only sexual dysfunctions but about how we view them in our society. The impulsive response is to say ucch, what a sicko, or perv, and that automatically blinds any form of sympathy or empathy. Showing these acts unfold in real time, without cutting away, forcing us to view it, forces us to deal with the issue. This is true of all Clarks films (Another Day in Paradise being the most conventional). As for the ending, I believe Ken Park killed himself because he couldn't live to see his child grow in such a dysfunctional society. His response to him not being aborted says it all. So to sum up I couldn't stop thinking about this film. It was shocking, yes. Disturbing, yes. But it definitely requires discussion afterwards.
-depictions of Paraphilia
1.Peaches the exhibitionist (she let the boys watch her undress)
2.Tate the hypoxyphile (choking himself while masturbating)
3.Tate the necrophile (he gets hard while observing his grandparents corpses)
4.Peaches the sexual sadist (tying Curtis to the bed)
5.Peaches dad the pedofile(marrying his daughter; maybe not pedophilia considering Peaches age but not right anyhow) if you would then you'd also call
6.Claudes father a pedophile (fellatio on his son) and also
7.Rhonda's affair with Shawn (although i wouldn't mind being taken by her)
Summary of Ken Park (Uncut Uncensored Director's Version - Import)
This is PAL VIDEO FORMAT (not NTSC and will not play in regular American DVD-player) and an only official release of Larry Clark's "Ken Park" movie on DVD over the world by Russian company "CP Digital". Larry Clark's Ken Park has sent ripples with explicit scenes, and acts, overshadowing other movies on display. The story of four dysfunctional families in the skateboarding hotbed of Visalia, Calif., unspooled in the experimental Upstream competition. "But I didn't want to cut a single frame," the cult film director and photographer told. "All my life I've seen the camera turn away, but these scenes are part of the reality ... of this generation." The film was co-directed by Clark - who made the controversial 1995 movie "Kids", renowned cinematographer Ed Lachman, who shot Steven Soderbergh's award-winning "Erin Brockovich" and Todd Haynes' "Far From Heaven". The movie features violence involving not only the restless teenagers in the small town, but also their parents. But Clark says the film is an "uplifting" look at modern youth that shows some of the kids overcoming the odds..."My first film Kids was about the secret world of children, where parents are not allowed. In Ken Park we go inside the houses of four families and meet the parents. Ken Park is the story of children and their parents in Visalia, California, an isolated inland town between Los Angeles and Fresno. The story flows through the lives of three young boys and one girl, all childhood friends, and their parents. The children's and parents' lives are unmasked and you see the ascent of violence, sex, hatred, love and the manic episodes of emotional confusion." - Larry ClarkSimilar DVD Movies
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