Gregg Araki

Director

Gregg Araki (born December 17, 1959) is an American film director of Japanese descent associated with independent and New Queer Cinema; known for films that explore youth, sexuality, identity and pulp aesthetics.

American director; of Japanese descent; associated with independent and New Queer Cinema; notable films include Doom Generation (1995) and Mysterious Skin (2004).

Two DeBaser reviews examine Gregg Araki's films. Mysterious Skin is praised for handling trauma without melodrama; Doom Generation is hailed as an excessive, anarchic portrait of 90s youth. Both highlight Araki's pop-pulp aesthetics and queer themes.

For:Fans of independent and queer cinema; readers interested in provocative, stylistic films.

 Although "Mysterious Skin" is not a revolutionary film, it certainly avoids getting bogged down in the aforementioned murky dangers.

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 If you want to spend an hour and a half laughing, maybe in the company of trusted friends, then watch this masterpiece of a mess, a generational pastiche deliberately excessive and unpleasant, but also fun because of how madness is shamelessly and unapologetically displayed.

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