Gummo

Considered a pivotal film of the late '90s, Harmony Korine's bizarre and plotless experimental cult drama polarized audiences upon its initial release. Filmmakers Gus Van Sant and Werner Herzog praised its vision, while others found it a disturbing portrait of the dark and troubling underside of American life - including everything from glue sniffing to hunting feral cats. And then a few just branded it a smug and willfully repellent freak show. "Makes viewers ask hard questions about what exploitation is" - Chicago Reader.