Gregg Araki’s Teen Apocalypse Trilogy

September 28–29, 2024

Explicit, beautiful, and visceral, Gregg Araki’s Teen Apocalypse Trilogy comprises a unique ensemble portrait of queer Los Angeles youth navigating 1990s nihilism amidst the fallout from the Reagan/Bush era, the culture wars, and the mounting death toll from AIDS.

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  • The Doom Generation

  • Totally F***ed Up

  • Nowhere

  • Doom Generation

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  • Totally F***ed Up

    Gregg Araki
    United States, 1993
    Saturday, September 28 5:30 PM
    James Duval in Person

    Inspired by Jean-Luc Godard’s Masculin féminin and shot on 16mm and video camcorder, Totally F***ed Up depicts the interconnected sex lives and friendships of six gay teens. Gregg Araki called it “a cross between avant-garde experimental cinema and a queer John Hughes flick.”

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  • The Doom Generation

    Gregg Araki
    United States, 1995
    Saturday, September 28 8:00 PM
    James Duval in Person

    Starring James Duval and an ultracool Rose McGowan, Gregg Araki’s first film shot on 35mm evokes the noir classic They Live by Night, but with a saturated color palette, amped-up sex, violence, and 1990s nihilism with a killer soundtrack.

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  • Nowhere

    Gregg Araki
    United States, 1997
    Sunday, September 29 7:00 PM
    James Duval in Person

    Like an episode of “Beverly Hills, 90210 on acid,” Nowhere’s Los Angeles youths exchange sexual partners, discuss addiction, party, and grapple with an alien invasion accompanied by the era-essential tunes of Blur, Hole, Massive Attack, and Portishead.

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