Ken Park is a controversial 2002 drama film. The screenplay was written by Harmony Korine, who based it on Larry Clark's journals and stories. The film was directed by Larry Clark and Ed Lachman.
The film revolves around the abusive home lives of several teenage skateboarders and their friends, set in the city of Visalia, California. The little-used tagline of the film is "Who Are You?"
The film begins with the public suicide of Ken Park at a loc...
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Ken Park is a controversial 2002 drama film. The screenplay was written by Harmony Korine, who based it on Larry Clark's journals and stories. The film was directed by Larry Clark and Ed Lachman.
The film revolves around the abusive home lives of several teenage skateboarders and their friends, set in the city of Visalia, California. The little-used tagline of the film is "Who Are You?"
The film begins with the public suicide of Ken Park at a local skateboarding park. The film features four friends: Shawn, Tate, Peaches, and Claude. It covers their interactions with their families (or lack thereof), and their friends in a dysfunctional society. The film depicts controversial topics such as sexuality, sexual experimentation, incest, teenage suicide and, to a lesser extent, murder. The film also contains scenes involving under-age drinking and smoking, including drug use.
The title "Ken Park" does not refer to a location, but rather to a character in the film, whose death is used as a...
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