Blog 10 Bas Cinema KID'S (1995)

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Kid's (1995) is an interesting and wild film. Many different types of people will have many different opinions on this film. I however think it was an eye opener and the messages that teenagers will take away after watching it can only be a good thing. It leaves people thinking about certain issues in our society. For example is there a percentage of the teenage population that does behave in this dangerous manner? If so then where did we as a society go wrong? Could it be that this film is looking at child poverty and the behaviour that comes as a result of this ? I think so, where are the parents in this film ? Could this film also be highlighting the lack of good role models for teenagers and a lack of parental control. The film also looks at ignorance and a lack of prospects for the teenagers it was representing. Believe it or not most of the characters in this film have played themselves, they were not professional actors. They were a bunch of skate boarders who played around in central park New York!! They were also very good friends with the script writer, hence why this film was made. Some would argue that Larry Clark the director spends too much time with children. There was border line paedophilia in some scenes which was a cause for concern. The first film by photographer Larry Clark, revealed that American teenagers were taking drugs, committing crime and having unprotected sex - a possibility that, judging by the film's instant notoriety, no one had previously considered. Clark's new film, Bully, takes those activities for granted, as its young protagonists graduate to higher stakes - prostitution, porn and murder. Kids was described by one critic as "a wake-up call for America" - a phrase used in its marketing, conveniently allaying any suspicion that the film was sensationalistic or exploitative. Bully is described in its press kit in similar terms