Larry Clark's raw, controversial debut follows a day in the lives of drifting New York City teenagers, centered on a smooth-talking predator obsessed with deflowering virgins and the HIV-positive girl (Chloe Sevigny) trying to find him. Written by a nineteen-year-old Harmon Korine and shot with unnerving documentary flatness, it depicts drug use, sex and violence among minors with deliberate shock. Slapped with an NC-17 and released unrated, it became a lightning rod for debate and launched several careers.
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