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| GUMMO (1997) | |
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Gummo takes place in a small Ohio town where the audience follows some kids that lead bizarre and disturbing lives without parental supervision or guidance. The imagery is grotesque and distressing as it dissects the daily life of the children and displays their violent nature. The film elicits thoughts of social learning as the children display adult behaviors and seek attention and affection in adult-like patterns. The adults escape their reality through alcohol as the kids do through glue. The morbid tone is enhanced as the film is displayed like documentary, which it is not. In the end Gummo offers an interesting perspective as it does not have a beginning nor an ending. It merely displays scenes that should initiate thoughts of the disturbing reality of children without parental guidance, which leaves the audience in disbelief. |
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| 6/6/2004 | |
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The Internet Movie Database. |
