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Larry Park's Kids was released in 1995. The film is about two teenage skaterboys and their two teenage quasi-girlfriends. The skaterboys constantly smoke, drink, talk about sex, have sex, and do pot as they drift aimlessly (apparently without parents, homes, or school to go) on the streets of New York City. The film mostly follows one of the girls after she learns that her boyfriend has given her HIV. She trails the boys, who wreak havoc in the city with their intense bursts of casual violence. She catches her boyfriend deflowering a 13-year-old virgin. She passes out from drug use, and is herself raped while asleep. And then it just ends.
The film caused a sensation in the U.S., even though it was not visually explicit (except for its scenes of violence). Clark was hailed as a new directorial talent with vast insight into the nihilistic slacker generation. The two female stars, Chloe Sevigny and Rosario Dawson, have since gone on to major careers. His male stars have struggled (and one committed suicide).
Clark went on to direct the ultra-violent Another Day in Paradise in 1998, which made little impression. His next film, Bully, released in 2001, marked a return to his documentary-like filmmaking style. Based on a true incident, the film also screened to little notice. The following year, Clark did a science fiction comedy film, Teenage Caveman, which lampooned '50s sci-fi teenager movies. It got no notice.
Clark attempted to bottle lightning again in 2002's Ken Park. Once more, he used the quasi-documentary cinematography style, once more cast inexperienced actors, and once more returned to portraying nihilistic youth surrounded by casual violence and obsessed with sex. Ken Park is about four teens: Shawn is the product of a broken home who gets little love. He is having sex with his girlfriend's mother, who uses the teenage boy to replace the sexual satisfaction her business-obsessed husband won't give her. (Think Fountains of Wayne's "Stacy's Mom" -- but without the innocence.) Claude's father is a violent drunk, and he beats and demeans Claude regularly for not being manly enough. Later, the man tries to rape his son, who manages to beat up his (drunken) dad for once. Peaches is a mixed-race girl whose Asian mother is dead and whose Caucasian American father is a religious nutcase. She secretly is sleeping with her well-hung boyfriend behind her father's back. When he discovers this, the father brutally beats and chokes the boy (who is tied to Peaches' bed). The father then forces Peaches to marry him in a strangely incestuous ceremony intended to "sanctify" the girl again. Tate is a psychotic, cruel orphan who lives with his loving if daffy grandparents. He engages in auto-erotic asphyxiation, and later stabs his grandparents to death while in the nude. The film ends with Shawn, Claude, and Peaches having a three-way and talking about how sex is the only thing they live for.
James Ransone was 22 years old when he made this movie. He's since gone on to a laudable career as a film and television actor. In the film, he is stark naked on screen -- both while sexually aroused and flaccid -- for as long as 10 minutes. In the most notorious segment in the picture, he masturbates and ejaculates (on film). It is a XXX-rated, pornographic scene.
James Bullard was just 19 years old when he made the film. His most explicit scene was with 37-year-old Maeve Quinlan. Bullard performs cunnilingus on her seven minutes into the film. Although his tongue is not seen actually lapping at her clitoris, it is difficult to see how the performance could have been done without him actually fellating his co-star. Quinlan is naked, her nipples exceptionally erect, during the scene. Bullard never made another film. He moved back to his home town of Austin, Texas, where he plays in a somewhat successful rock band.
Stephen Jasso was 21 years old during the filming of this motion picture. His most explicit scene comes with 22-year-old Tiffany Limos at the end of the film. His ass is seen on screen, with his large balls hanging out between his legs. He is also depicted (naked) on top of Limos (who is also naked), ostensibly fucking her. But this may simply be nude-on-nude action, not sexual intercourse. The explicit action comes at the end of the three-way sex scene, where Limos is seen fellating Jasso and he has an on-screen orgasm.
Bullard appears in the three-way with Limos and Jasso. Although his flaccid penis is seen on film, as well as his ass and balls, he is not depicted erect nor does he have on-screen sex or orgasm.
Mike Apaletegui was...well, in his late teens when he did this film. It is difficult to find any information on him. He was probably at least 19 by the time the movie was made, and he could have been older. The exceptionally well-hung and uncut Apaletegui is depicted fully erect from the get-go during his bondage scene with Limos. She manually manipulates his cock, but "Daddy" interrupts before any more sexual contact occurs.
The movie premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in 2002, but never found an American distributor due to its very explicit sexual content. It has not been released on DVD in the United States, although a non-regional DVD was manufactured in Russia and is commercially available through online retailers like Amazon.com.
The film was banned in Australia, although bootleg and import DVDs are widely available online. It was also banned in the United Kingdom. French authorities initially permitted theatrical screenings but restricted admission only to those 17 years and older. It later revised this to people 18 years and older. The film received a similar rating in New Zealand, with the additional restriction that it can only be publicly shown at film festivals or in film studies courses.
Oh, by the way... Mike Apaletegui! Email me. Let's go out on a date.
The film caused a sensation in the U.S., even though it was not visually explicit (except for its scenes of violence). Clark was hailed as a new directorial talent with vast insight into the nihilistic slacker generation. The two female stars, Chloe Sevigny and Rosario Dawson, have since gone on to major careers. His male stars have struggled (and one committed suicide).
Clark went on to direct the ultra-violent Another Day in Paradise in 1998, which made little impression. His next film, Bully, released in 2001, marked a return to his documentary-like filmmaking style. Based on a true incident, the film also screened to little notice. The following year, Clark did a science fiction comedy film, Teenage Caveman, which lampooned '50s sci-fi teenager movies. It got no notice.
Clark attempted to bottle lightning again in 2002's Ken Park. Once more, he used the quasi-documentary cinematography style, once more cast inexperienced actors, and once more returned to portraying nihilistic youth surrounded by casual violence and obsessed with sex. Ken Park is about four teens: Shawn is the product of a broken home who gets little love. He is having sex with his girlfriend's mother, who uses the teenage boy to replace the sexual satisfaction her business-obsessed husband won't give her. (Think Fountains of Wayne's "Stacy's Mom" -- but without the innocence.) Claude's father is a violent drunk, and he beats and demeans Claude regularly for not being manly enough. Later, the man tries to rape his son, who manages to beat up his (drunken) dad for once. Peaches is a mixed-race girl whose Asian mother is dead and whose Caucasian American father is a religious nutcase. She secretly is sleeping with her well-hung boyfriend behind her father's back. When he discovers this, the father brutally beats and chokes the boy (who is tied to Peaches' bed). The father then forces Peaches to marry him in a strangely incestuous ceremony intended to "sanctify" the girl again. Tate is a psychotic, cruel orphan who lives with his loving if daffy grandparents. He engages in auto-erotic asphyxiation, and later stabs his grandparents to death while in the nude. The film ends with Shawn, Claude, and Peaches having a three-way and talking about how sex is the only thing they live for.
James Ransone was 22 years old when he made this movie. He's since gone on to a laudable career as a film and television actor. In the film, he is stark naked on screen -- both while sexually aroused and flaccid -- for as long as 10 minutes. In the most notorious segment in the picture, he masturbates and ejaculates (on film). It is a XXX-rated, pornographic scene.
James Bullard was just 19 years old when he made the film. His most explicit scene was with 37-year-old Maeve Quinlan. Bullard performs cunnilingus on her seven minutes into the film. Although his tongue is not seen actually lapping at her clitoris, it is difficult to see how the performance could have been done without him actually fellating his co-star. Quinlan is naked, her nipples exceptionally erect, during the scene. Bullard never made another film. He moved back to his home town of Austin, Texas, where he plays in a somewhat successful rock band.
Stephen Jasso was 21 years old during the filming of this motion picture. His most explicit scene comes with 22-year-old Tiffany Limos at the end of the film. His ass is seen on screen, with his large balls hanging out between his legs. He is also depicted (naked) on top of Limos (who is also naked), ostensibly fucking her. But this may simply be nude-on-nude action, not sexual intercourse. The explicit action comes at the end of the three-way sex scene, where Limos is seen fellating Jasso and he has an on-screen orgasm.
Bullard appears in the three-way with Limos and Jasso. Although his flaccid penis is seen on film, as well as his ass and balls, he is not depicted erect nor does he have on-screen sex or orgasm.
Mike Apaletegui was...well, in his late teens when he did this film. It is difficult to find any information on him. He was probably at least 19 by the time the movie was made, and he could have been older. The exceptionally well-hung and uncut Apaletegui is depicted fully erect from the get-go during his bondage scene with Limos. She manually manipulates his cock, but "Daddy" interrupts before any more sexual contact occurs.
The movie premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in 2002, but never found an American distributor due to its very explicit sexual content. It has not been released on DVD in the United States, although a non-regional DVD was manufactured in Russia and is commercially available through online retailers like Amazon.com.
The film was banned in Australia, although bootleg and import DVDs are widely available online. It was also banned in the United Kingdom. French authorities initially permitted theatrical screenings but restricted admission only to those 17 years and older. It later revised this to people 18 years and older. The film received a similar rating in New Zealand, with the additional restriction that it can only be publicly shown at film festivals or in film studies courses.
Oh, by the way... Mike Apaletegui! Email me. Let's go out on a date.
