Gummo Page #5

Synopsis: Constructing this film through random scenes, director Harmony Korine abruptly jettisoned any sort of narrative plot, so here we go: Solomon and Tummler are two bored teenage boys who live in Xenia, Ohio. A few years ago, a tornado swept through it, destroying more than half the town and killing the same amount, including Solomon's father. The film, from there, chronicles the anti-social adventures these two boys have. These include sniffing glue, killing cats, having sex, riding dirtbikes, listening to black metal, and meeting a cavalcade of quirky, bizarre, and scary people. These include a man who pimps his mentally ill wife to our anti-heroes, three sisters who play with their cat and practice becoming strippers, a black midget fending off the sexual advances of a troubled man (played by the director Harmony Korine), a 12-year-old gay transvestite who is also a cat killer, Solomon's mother who seems to be the only glimpse of sanity, two foul-mouthed six-year olds, and most importan
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Harmony Korine
Production: Fine Line Features
  4 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
19
Rotten Tomatoes:
33%
R
Year:
1997
89 min
7,132 Views


-F*** that.

-Have to go for a beer run.

-Who's next?

-The big man, little man!

Let's get it. Come on.

That's what l want to see.

Let's go, buddy.

Show him what you got, man.

F*** him up.

-Come on!

-Ready?

Go!

Come on! Get it! Get it!

-Go! Go!

-Come on!

You got it! Come on! Get him !

F*** this sh*t!

Damn!

F*** this sh*t, man!

Did the little man get you,

buddy?

-Motherf***er.

-You should be ashamed.

F*** all y'all motherfuckers.

Loser.

You can lose with pride,

though, man, sh*t.

Little f***

can break our a**holes anyway.

Not true, motherf***er.

Aren't you a little girly

from Salt Lake City?

Two-quart legs

and two rubber titties.

Two-quart legs

and two rubber titties...

She loves electricity,

but she burns off gas.

Got a V-8 p*ssy

and a cadillac ass.

That little girl

from Salt Lake City...

two-quart legs

and two rubber titties.

Loves electricity,

but she burns off gas.

Got a V-8 p*ssy

and a cadillac ass.

Get in there!

Don't let him get on you, man!

Get him out! Come on!

Come on, man, get him down!

F*** him up! Come on!

Get him !

Come on! Don't let him

f*** with you like that!

He ain't got no damn business

f***ing with you.

-Goddamn!

-Kill him !

Break him down!

Get him down and beat

the f***ing hell out of him !

-Come on!

-Stomp his head!

-Stomp his ass!

-Hit him one more time.

-F*** him up.

-Get him !

There you go!

Goddamn,

dig his f***ing grave, man!

Come on!

Teach that motherf***er.

There you go!

Hit him in the head!

Smash his brains!

Look at that.

-Ain't no ambulance.

-Oh, well.

Spit on him.

Life's a b*tch,

and then you die.

There you go.

lt's a cat trap.

l want it high.

The doctor said they're

gonna have to take off...

one of my boobies...

and l know what happens

when they do that.

Boys'll stop looking at me...

and once,

when l finally meet a guy...

that likes me,

and he sees my scar...

he'll just stop talking to me

for no reason.

Boys are like that.

Dear world...

l have confusion around me in

every direction from my brain.

l've tried and tried to make it

here in this f***ing world...

but l think it was a mistake

that l was ever born.

l do not feel guilty

about taking my own life.

l've tried your ways.

l've had a job

since l was thirteen years old.

Making a living

was never a real problem for me.

The problem was all l see

is misery and darkness.

Die, die, die.

l'll put a gun

to my f***ing head right now.

l'm so pissed l could kill you,

but l'm not going to.

Life is beautiful.

Really it is.

Full of beauty and illusions.

Life is great.

Without it, you'd be dead.

l think one of the reasons

she didn't struggle so much...

is l said,

''You're a black witch.

''We're giving you

the greatest honor...

''to sit at the right hand

of Arioch in hell.''

Jarrod ain't here.

Go like that.

He's got a gay one.

Come on.

ls she dead?

She's alive on that machine.

She stinks.

Her life is over.

She smells like baked ham.

Bet she could live like this

forever.

Do you think

she'll ever wake up?

Hell, no.

She's dead as hell.

Go over and shoot her

in the foot.

Why?

Try and wake her up.

Shoot her in the foot.

l told you she's dead.

Could live forever

on one of these gadgets.

She'll be dead now.

She's always been dead.

She's been gone a long time.

She sure stinks.

French fries, sittin' on a bench

May l, want l, fifteen cents

You miss, you miss

You miss like this

This is my baby...

and l breast-feed it.

l'm its mother.

l...

l love my babies.

l love...

to handle babies...

because l love my babies.

And l kiss them on their head--

on their bald head.

And l rub its head.

l love it...

and l hug it...

then l kiss it, then l rub it.

l rub its head.

Sometimes, though,

l do something. l do it.

My mom tells me, ''Do something,''

then l do it.

And l do it and do it.

l clean house.

l sweep the floor.

''Get in there

and mop that floor up.''

l get in here

and mop the floor up.

Whether it's water

or whether it's not water...

l clean it up.

And then when l cleaned it up...

l had it all straightened up,

even my dolls and all--

straightened up.

Now l always keep my toys...

because l take care of them.

And l always do, and l always do

take care of them.

And then,

when l went to a store...

l came back, and l got

in a hurry behind the car...

and l broke

a--a spaghetti sauce.

And when l did,

l got in trouble for it.

And then, l didn't break it...

but this always happens.

And then l turned around

and looked...

and l said, ''Laurel,

you going to have to pray.

''No, you got to pray.''

And she said, ''Pray about what?''

And l said,

''You going to have to pray.''

You do have to pray...

white or black or whatever.

Some people came by here.

We're going to have

a lot of people here today.

So we had to get up

this morning...

and we did.

Here it goes.

Ooh, boy. l'm getting that stuff

in my hair.

Well, well, well.

Here l go.

OK--in my hair.

Miss?

Miss, we've lost our cat,

and its name is Foot Foot.

lt's black,

and it's got green eyes.

-What?

-We lost our cat.

What do you want me to do?

Well, if you see it,

could you call us?

-We live right over here.

-All right.

Short black hair, kind of big.

l don't live here in this town.

But if--l will. l sure will.

l haven't seen one, but l'll--

Please keep an eye out.

lt's bad to lose one.

l know mine went off one time,

but it come back.

-l hope so.

-Now l don't have one.

-lt died, you know.

-Oh, sorry.

Black with green eyes.

-Foot Foot?

-Yeah. Foot Foot.

Where'd you all lose him at?

lf l see one,

l'll come back and tell you.

The number's on the flyer.

You can just call our number.

-Yeah. All right.

-Ask for Helen, Dot, or Darby.

All right.

Those people are deaf.

l'll bet she's cussing him out.

You want mayonnaise, Darb?

-You don't?

-No.

ls this your cat?

Freddie Prinze was my brother.

Do you know of him?

He was on that television series

called ''Chico and the Man.''

Did you ever hear of that?

He was an actor.

What do you do?

l'm a gossip writer

for a newspaper.

-Gossip?

-You know gossip?

lt's like...

Tupac Shakur stuttered.

Warren Oates swallowed

his chewing tobacco spittle.

Placido Domingo

loves sherbet ice cream.

Adolf Hitler had one testicle.

P.T. Barnum had an ulcer

the size of a small oyster.

Henry Winkler

is allergic to papaya.

Satchel Paige

shot heroin down in Cuba.

Dr. Robert Oppenheimer

drank denatured alcohol.

That's gossip.

And that's what you get paid

for doing?

l get paid for writing rumor.

How much further is it

to where you saw Foot Foot?

lt's right nearby here.

lt's right around here.

Where?

Well, l'm not sure exactly,

but is there a map?

There's a map in the glove box

or here somewhere.

Maybe it's under the seat

down there.

Let me...let me see

if l can reach it.

-l don't see no map around.

-Maybe l can...

What are you doing?

Why'd you try and touch

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Harmony Korine

Harmony Korine is an American film director and screenwriter. He is best known for writing Kids and for writing and directing Spring Breakers, Gummo, Julien Donkey-Boy and Mister Lonely. more…

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