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Mysterious Skin (DVD, 2005)

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In 'Mysterious Skin', an unlikely director takes on an even more unlikely lead actor and crafts a deeply felt coming-of-age tale that pulsates with the scalding beauty of tragedy. The director, Gregg Araki, whose over-the-top, gay melodramas have been criticised as largely empty provocations, proves himself here to have great sensitivity. Yet it is the lead actor, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, best known for his work on the alien sitcom 'Third Rock From The Sun', whose unforgettable, nuanced performance makes the film. Based on the novel by Scott Heim, the story follows two teenage boys living in small-town Kansas: Brian (Brady Corbet), a clunky and awkward fellow with no discernible social life; and Neil (Gordon-Levitt), a rebellious gay youth whose fragile beauty and cruel indifference make him a successful hustler to the area's older men. Having suffered from blackouts as a child, Brian believes that these voids were actually alien abductions, and goes on a quest to confirm this. As his memories become increasingly vivid, Brian convinces himself that Neil, the star player on his childhood Little League team and a regular presence in his dreams, knows the truth. Neil does, in fact, know exactly what happened. The boys were sexually abused by their Little League coach. While Brian has suppressed the incident, Neil has held it deep within him like a treasure, considering it to have been a loving relationship of respect and tenderness, the absence of which has left him emotionally empty. The two strands of narrative are braided together elegantly, slowly leading up to a devastating final scene. Araki unifies the stories through an elegiac, celestial tone that manages to avoid preachiness via doses of appropriate humour. 'Mysterious Skin' is so profoundly alive with sadness and beauty that it nearly burns.

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ProducerMary Jane Skalski, Gregg Araki, Jeff Levy-Hinte

EAN5022153185880

eBay Product ID (ePID)47632014

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ActorMichelle Trachtenberg, Jeff Licon, Brady Corbet, Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Film/TV TitleMysterious Skin

DirectorGregg Araki

LanguageEnglish

Run Time101 Mins

Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic

Release Year2005

FormatDVD

FeaturesWidescreen, Closed Caption, With Subtitles

GenreDrama, General

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Number of Discs1

Certificate18

ReviewsSunday Mirror - Powerful, Heat - A lyrical, atmospheric and deeply involving film, Daily Star - Gripping, Total Film - Compelling performances, What's On - Brilliant and disturbing, Daily Telegraph - Immensely brave and ethereally beautiful

ScreenwriterGregg Araki

AuthorScott Heim

Format DescriptionDVD 5

Sound sourceDolby Digital 2.0 Stereo

Movie/TV TitleMysterious Skin

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