I liked Bully more than Kids. It's shocking but also kind of a black comedy--the kids are such clueless idiots you can't help but laugh in some places.
Many critics have said Clark's voyeurism detracts from his films. In Bully I'd say (going out on a limb here) it adds a quality of longing for beauty and connection that makes the "troop of monkeys" that much more sad. Youth truly is wasted on the young.
I think Clark connects well enough with his young actors, and I don't think he's creepy. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld--now that's creepy.
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I liked Bully more than Kids. It's shocking but also kind of a black comedy--the kids are such clueless idiots you can't help but laugh in some places.
Many critics have said Clark's voyeurism detracts from his films. In Bully I'd say (going out on a limb here) it adds a quality of longing for beauty and connection that makes the "troop of monkeys" that much more sad. Youth truly is wasted on the young.
I think Clark connects well enough with his young actors, and I don't think he's creepy. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld--now that's creepy.
- tom moody 3-07-2003 2:58 am