Mysterious Skin (Araki, 2004): Picturehouse Central, 6pm
This 35mm presentation, featuring a Q&A with director Gregg Araki, is part of the
Picturehouse Central's Sundance Film Festival Weekend. You can find the
full details here.
Time out review:
A compelling story marred somewhat by uneven storytelling, Araki leads us through the early lives of two Kansas boys, Brian (Brady Corbet)
and Neil (Joseph Gordon Levitt), from their experiences as
eight-year-old schoolchildren through to their late teenage years when,
finally, they both come to terms with defining events in their early
lives. For Neil, who has become a self-destructive rent boy, that event
is serious sexual abuse at the hands of his baseball coach (Bill Sage). Although Araki struggles to find a consistent tone, his film remains powerful and unnerving.
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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