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"Darker-than-dark teen comedy meets dystopian road movie, The Doom Generation is a dizzying, hyper-violent trip through adolescent angst, polyantagonism and surreal crime-spree hedonism in 90s LA. Soundtracked by brooding grunge and with a breakout star turn from Rose McGowan, it’s perfectly unhinged fare for a retina-obliterating Megascreen showing from Queer Vision + 20th Century Flicks."
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A event on Saturday 6th December. The event starts at 18:15.
Calling all “satanists, homosexuals, and other dangerous cults”… Queer Vision and Twentieth Century Flicks in partnership with SWITCH are proud to present a rare opportunity to see Gregg Araki’s (Mysterious Skin) breakthrough cult classic on the biggest screen in Bristol, in a stunning new 4K restoration for its thirtieth anniversary, sandwiched with some additional, exciting, and highly-classified surprises to be unveiled on the night.
Araki’s day-glo crime comedy stars Rose McGowan (Jawbreaker) and James Duvall (Donnie Darko) as two cynical teenagers in love (though that can mean a lot of things), navigating the vast consumerist wasteland of post-modern America. After encountering mysterious drifter Xavier “X” Red – at a gas station stop for hotdogs and soda – the couple’s aimless dynamic quickly shifts to a blood-splattered, anarchistic ménage à trois, evading the law, jilted ex-lovers, and other unsavoury characters along the way. Boasting some incredible cameo appearances from Margaret Cho, Parker Posey, and Heidi Fleiss, and an all-timer Araki soundtrack of ‘90s grunge, industrial, and shoegaze sounds, The Doom Generation is an assured, hyper-stylised melting pot of angst, sex, and violence as timely now as it ever was.
Timings:
6pm doors
6:15pm [redacted] x-tra classified content
7pm interval
7:15pm The Doom Generation
8:45pm interval
9pm second [redacted] x-tra classified content
10pm end
Rated: 18
Content warnings (strap in): strong vicious violence and gore, graphic sexuality and sexual assault, some pretty inventive strong language including a homophobic slur, and some drug use. There is also a scene with flashing lights. Specific details here: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/11727
Running time: 1hr 25m
Entry requirements: 18+
Araki’s day-glo crime comedy stars Rose McGowan (Jawbreaker) and James Duvall (Donnie Darko) as two cynical teenagers in love (though that can mean a lot of things), navigating the vast consumerist wasteland of post-modern America. After encountering mysterious drifter Xavier “X” Red – at a gas station stop for hotdogs and soda – the couple’s aimless dynamic quickly shifts to a blood-splattered, anarchistic ménage à trois, evading the law, jilted ex-lovers, and other unsavoury characters along the way. Boasting some incredible cameo appearances from Margaret Cho, Parker Posey, and Heidi Fleiss, and an all-timer Araki soundtrack of ‘90s grunge, industrial, and shoegaze sounds, The Doom Generation is an assured, hyper-stylised melting pot of angst, sex, and violence as timely now as it ever was.
Timings:
6pm doors
6:15pm [redacted] x-tra classified content
7pm interval
7:15pm The Doom Generation
8:45pm interval
9pm second [redacted] x-tra classified content
10pm end
Rated: 18
Content warnings (strap in): strong vicious violence and gore, graphic sexuality and sexual assault, some pretty inventive strong language including a homophobic slur, and some drug use. There is also a scene with flashing lights. Specific details here: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/11727
Running time: 1hr 25m
Entry requirements: 18+
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