We don’t know much about Harmony Korine’s “Aggro Dr1ft,” which adds to the mystery of this unusual new film, which is set to have its world premiere at Venice in two weeks time.
The abstract description from film festivals hints at a story involving a melancholic assassin, a demonic crime lord, skulls, swords, masks, machine guns, strippers, mobsters, horned demons and hot cars. Oh, and it’s entirely shot in infrared.
Korine was a guest of honor at the recent Locarno Film Festival and he himself can’t seem to describe his own film. In fact, he doesn’t even know if it should qualify as a movie:
“I don’t think there’s been anything like it, I don’t think I’ve made anything like it. I don’t know if anything like its existed. We were trying not to make a movie, so maybe it’s not even a movie.”
Gaspar Noe, who was part of the conversation, interrupted by saying, “I’ve seen it and it’s extremely trippy.”
If Noe believes that your film is trippy then it probably is. “Aggro Dr1ft” is being set up by TIFF as a midnight movie. It stars rapper Travis Scott and Jordi Mollà. Its runtime is 80-minutes. Just two images have been released, including the one above this post.
“Aggro Dr1ft” also comes to us with a lot of anticipation since it is directed by Korine, whose peculiar filmmaking career can be described as wholly unique and unmatched.
Some of Korine’s earlier films were hallmarks of the ‘90s indie underground scene, I’m thinking, particularly, of his 1995 script for “Kids,” then “Gummo,” and “Julien Donkey-Boy.” 2013’s “Spring Breakers” was maybe his biggest critical hit.
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