"The Smell of Us", film by Larry Clark 2015 ***half

"The Smell of Us", film by Larry Clark 2015 ***half.

I heard about this film a long time ago, and came across it at a discount store. Young people and their way of life in Paris. Docu-fiction. I feel I am a kind of voyeur. Dont understand how people - young, good looking, how they came into this way of life, selling their bodies. One of the main character, a v pretty boy, shown near the end of the film has his mother visiting him - a v stylish woman, seemed twisted, he feeds his sleeping son, the mother is the perverse one, she takes off her dress, and tries to debauch him! The pretty boy is now the normal one, he orders her out of his space, get away he says. She wanted him to have a go with her... The subject has been covered in many films by different directors - and novels - all with specific story lines, however this one is composed of moments of actions. I guess i just dont understand how they ended up doing what they do - "like in the films", one of the girls said.

The interview

The interview of how the film was made is v interesting. Clark talks about the difficulties, how the french folks goes on strike on his film! He has never heard of that, but it happened. And a lot of details - v interesting, more interesting than the film itself.