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16 August 1991 (Sweden) morePlot:
Three intercut stories about outsiders, sex and violence. In "Hero," Richie, at age 7, kills his father and flies away... more | add synopsisAwards:
4 wins & 4 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Interview: John Krokidas on "Kill Your Darlings" and star Chris Evans (From AfterElton.com. 22 April 2009, 7:02 PM, PDT)
SXSW 2009: "How Did We Get Away With That?"
(From IFC. 19 March 2009, 8:03 AM, PDT)
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So screwed up it makes doom generation look like On Golden Pond moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Edith Meeks | ... | Felicia Beacon |
| Millie White | ... | Millie Sklar |
| Buck Smith | ... | Gregory Lazar |
| Anne Giotta | ... | Evelyn McAlpert |
| Lydia Lafleur | ... | Sylvia Manning |
| Ian Nemser | ... | Sean White |
 | Rob LaBelle | ... | Jay Wete |
| Evan Dunsky | ... | Dr. MacArthur |
| Marina Lutz | ... | Hazel Lamprecht |
| Barry Cassidy | ... | Officer Rilt |
| Richard Anthony | ... | Edward Comacho |
| Angela M. Schreiber | ... | Florence Giddens |
| Justin Silverstein | ... | Jake |
| Chris Singh | ... | Chris |
| Edward Allen | ... | Fred Beacon |
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Iceland:16 | Australia:R | Finland:K-16 | Portugal:M/18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:NC-17 | USA:R (cut)Fun Stuff
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According to James Lyons, on the film's commentary, the film was at one point called "H". moreFAQ
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I was excited about seeing this because I loved Safe and Velvet Goldmine, but this was just a bizarre bizarre piece of filmmaking. There are I suppose points to be made about the unreasonable fear of the AIDS virus which emerge in the story about the man who drinks the sex drive and becomes a leper, but they weren't so amazingly poignant. Haynes denies that this sequence connects with AIDS of course, so who knows. The story that was the most interesting was the mockumentary about the boy who kills his father, but the structure of the film as three stories proceeding in succession prevents you from really getting interested or emotionally involved in the movie. I didn't know what was so offensive about the prison scene, I just found it boring, as well as the rest of the film.