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- But make no mistake: a heterosexual movie The Doom Generation ain’t. Araki handles the sexual aspect of the film—involving a devil’s threesome—in a way that feels so uncannily familiar to the bicurious viewer that it still feels shocking today.
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Billed as "A Heterosexual Movie by Gregg Araki", The Doom Generation is the second installment in the director's trilogy known as the Teenage Apocalypse film trilogy, preceded by Totally Fucked Up (1993) and followed by Nowhere (1997).
Apr 3, 2023 · The tongue-in-cheek title card for The Doom Generation—“a heterosexual movie by Gregg Araki”—isn’t merely an enduring “fuck you” to homophobes.
May 12, 2023 · But make no mistake: a heterosexual movie The Doom Generation ain’t. Araki handles the sexual aspect of the film—involving a devil’s threesome—in a way that feels so uncannily familiar to the bicurious viewer that it still feels shocking today.
Apr 7, 2023 · The fabulous new 4K remaster of Gregg Araki’s 1995 nihilistic cult film, “The Doom Generation,” which was shot on 35mm, gives audiences the chance to catch — or revisit — his “heterosexual movie” on the big screen.
- “Teen Is A Four Letter Word”
- Araki and Sexuality
- Araki and Horror
- ‘Family’ and Araki
- Conclusion
When the opening credits announce that a film is presented by “The Teen Angst Movie Company,” and “fuck” is uttered as the first word of dialogue, it is evident that subtlety is not the aim. And subtleness wasn’t what I wanted when I first saw The Doom Generation while coming to terms with my queerness. I was sick of the casual homophobia and GAP k...
Xavier crashes into their lives as his body smashes against the windshield of Amy’s car. He is fending off a Gang of Goons played by Skinny Puppy, who pointedly use “cocksucker” as their insult of choice. This obscenity is noteworthy. It situates Xavier, Amy, and Jordan within a culture that views sex acts between two men as abhorrent and reprehens...
Seven and Kids may have scared audiences in 1995, but The Doom Generationcontains the year’s most horrifying and disturbing scene. It occurs at the climax of the film. On the lam, our Bonnie and two Clydes have confronted chaos at every rest stop, leaving a trail of maimed limbs and broken hearts. Played by sets of identical twins costumed in match...
Family mobilizes elements of the horror genre to critique heteronormative ideologies of family. Film theorist and critic Robin Wood observes that in horror cinema, “normality is threatened by the Monster.” Throughout film history, queer people and people of colour have been characterized as the abject or monstrous “others,” representing a threat to...
Entertainment Weekly wishes viewers “good luck searching for meaning” in The Doom Generationbeyond “blood and epithets.” Yet, the brutal conclusion makes a powerful statement. Araki unsubtly condemns the oppressive, conservative ideology and homophobia of an America intent on annihilating unconventional sexuality. The film has been criticized for i...
Nov 10, 1995 · Content is neutral until shaped by approach and style. This is a road picture about Amy and Jordan, young druggies who get involved with a drifter named Xavier who challenges their ideas about sex, both gay and straight, while involving them on a blood-soaked cross-country odyssey.
Billed as a heterosexual movie by Gregg Araki, The Doom Generation is the director's self-styled bad-taste teen film.
