Ken Park
Ken Park is a 2002 erotic psychological thriller film directed by Larry Clark and Edward Lachman. Set in the city of Visalia, California, it revolves around the abusive and dysfunctional lives of four teenagers following the suicide of their mutual acquaintance, the eponymous Ken Park. It was written by Harmony Korine, who based it on Clark's journals and stories. The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on September 10, 2002, but has not been officially shown in the United States since. It was also banned in Australia due to its content.
Plot
The title character Ken Park (nicknamed "Krap Nek": his name spelled and pronounced backward), is a teenager skateboarding across Visalia, California. He arrives at a skate park, where he casually sets up a camcorder, smiles, and shoots himself in the temple with a handgun. His death is used to bookend the film, which follows the lives of four other teenagers who knew him.
More details
author | Harmony Korine Larry Clark |
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contentLocation | Visalia |
director | Edward Lachman Larry Clark |
editor | Andrew Hafitz |
events | dysfunctional family incest suicide |
genre | drama thriller |
keywords | alcoholic father anadrome arrest autoerotic asphyxiation coming home emotional abuse end erotic asphyxiation follow incestuous kills his grandparents one night open oral sex run away senicide sexual relationship skate park skateboard spelled and pronounced backward tape recorder threesome title character title screen wed |
producer | Jean-Louis Piel Kees Kasander |
productionCompany | Cinéa The Kasander Film Company |
publisher | A-Film Distribution Fortissimo Films Pan-Européenne Vitagraph Films |
theme | camcorder independent narrative psychological thriller |