Bunny Boy

When I was thirteen years old, I remember hanging out in my brothers old apartment playing video games while his friends smoked weed and laughed about dumb things. Over the course of spending time in that apartment, I vaguely recall seeing a film that would stick with me for years to come. That film was called Gummo. My brothers girlfriend at the time raved about this movie, and so I saw fragments of it here and there, and recall being so affected by how raw and seemingly real it all was, that I couldn't stop thinking about it, and how aggressively bizarre and eerie it was to my young brain. The years rolled on and I forgot about the film, until recently. For whatever reason, Gummo popped into my head, and took me right back to that feeling. In my head though, the film was just a hazy recollection of what my impressions of it were at the time. I decided to read into the film, and into writer/director Harmony Korine, and his way of making movies. I ordered a copy of the film and watched it with more adult eyes, and finally understood why it became such a cult classic. The irreverence and tone of the film is so steadfast in its approach of doing what it wants to do, and not really caring whether you understand it or not, which baffled me, in the best way. I love how Harmony Korine makes films that are more about feelings and emotions of what the frames themselves can make you feel, rather than conveying an easily understood message or narrative. After viewing Gummo again, I felt an intense compulsion to venture out and pen my own love letter to Gummo, Harmony Korine, and his wonderfully weird irreverence, and so I made Bunny Boy. It follows the character of Bunny Boy from Gummo, who is now an adult, still living in his hometown that never fully recovered from a tornado 45 years prior. It takes place 22 years after the events of Gummo, and It also features a couple of adult versions of other characters, as well as a strange amalgam of people, events, and references to the source material.