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	Ken Park (2002)
		Ken Park IS a Larry Clark film in collaboration with co-director and cinematographer Ed Lachman (Far From Heaven, The Virgin Suicides) and written by Harmony Korine (Gummo, Julien Donkey-Boy).
		In the opening of Ken Park, a teenage boy, Ken Park, rides his skateboard to a skating park and video tapes himself shooting a bullet through his head.
		Ken Park's suicide bookends the stories of four other teenage friends and the adults who influence their lives.
	www.filmmonthly.com /Video/Articles/KenPark/KenPark.html (715 words)

	Movie Review - Ken Park - eFilmCritic
		Ken Park is the third in a sort of unofficial "Teen Trilogy" by Clark, starting with his critically acclaimed Kids and followed by the significantly less respected Bully.
		Kids and Ken Park are similar to each other since they simply "document" a group of teens as they stroll down the path of self destruction.
		He arrives at a skateboarding park, takes off his backpack, sits down, places a video camera on the backpack pointed up at his face, pulls out a 9mm handgun and distributes his brains on the concrete.
	efilmcritic.com /review.php?movie=8101&reviewer=373 (653 words)

	On the skids in Ken Park - smh.com.au
		On the skids in Ken Park - smh.com.au
		We meet Ken Park, a not very prepossessing adolescent, all overgrown red hair and matching acne at the beginning and end of the film.
		The only explanation of the ban on Ken Park is that the subjects it represents so matter of factly are intolerable to adult Australian contemplation unless they are dressed up in a tumult of moral hysteria.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/06/29/1056825275915.html (892 words)

	Ken Park - Movie Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		With Ken Park, the movie Larry Clark has wanted to make since the late 1980s, the to-hell-with-it-all filmmaker gives us more screwed-up kids, equally deranged parents, and sexual acts teetering on the precipice of boring pornography.
		In the midst of these generally unconnected stories lies the reason Ken Park hasn't been released in the U.S., and was banned in Australia: graphic sex acts, some authentic, ranging from that oral romp to nauseating incest to disturbing masturbation.
		Watching Ken Park feels awkward, and not necessarily the way Clark intended; the sense comes more from appreciating Clark's boldness and tension while resenting his level of overdoing it all.
	www.contactmusic.com /new/film.nsf/reviews/kenpark (536 words)

	Ken Park (2002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		"Ken Park" is the first film made that takes us into the world of American families to show us what really goes on.
		Life is not all sweet and charming even though we might wish it to be.
		"Ken Park" isn't surreal, but it really does shock...maybe it's "hyper-realism".
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0209077 (703 words)

	Ken Park - a Movie View review by Ryan Cracknell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ken Park is the name of one of the phantom children who lives in the film's suburban southern California town.
		It becomes too much and Ken puts a gun to his head and pulls the trigger, all the while he has his video camera rolling so his one act of infamy can be relived over and over.
		Ken Park finally sheds a little light on the parental problem.
	www.theplaza.ca /moview/Films/K/ken_park.html (1244 words)

	Australia: Police block protest screening of banned film
		She was greeted with prolonged applause and an overwhelming show of hands to “share responsibility” for Ken Park’s screening.
		There were many similarities, she warned, between Ken Park and Praise, the 1999 Australian film directed by John Curran, in which she starred.
		Ken Park does not contain scenes of child sexual abuse.” Describing a scene cited by the OFLC, he explained: “It’s a scene where an actor, playing a teenage boy, is sexually attacked by his drunken father and fobs him off.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2003/jul2003/balm-j10.shtml (1415 words)

	DVD Times - Ken Park
		With or without them Ken Park is a powerful film, the acting is excellent across the board, with many of the cast putting in brave performances — in and out of the bedroom — with displays of raw emotion that will put any Ocsar winner to shame.
		Ken Park is a brave film, and for that alone it should be lavished with accolades, but it also manages to be a great film.
		Ken Park is a great film and in my opinion it is better than Bully and it is on par with Kids.
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=6297 (2404 words)

	Ken Park
		Ken Park was scheduled to screen at the State Theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday.
		Ken Park is the work of American director Larry Clark (Kids, Another Day in Paradise and Bully) and renowned cinematographer Ed Lachman (Far From Heaven, Erin Brokovich).
		Monitors Australia reported that Ken Park was the fourth most mentioned item in the media across Australia for the period June 30 to July 6.
	www.refused-classification.com /Films_kenpark.htm (6731 words)

	Monsters At Play: Ken Park Review
		With a gleefully disturbing smile on his face he raises the handgun to his temple and pulls the trigger, blowing his brains out as the rest of the skater kids gather around to gawk.
		Most impressive about Ken Park are the performances (a few of these kids have never appeared in a film before) and the unexpected appearance of Amanda Plummer as Claude's chain-smoking, pregnant mother, which nearly threw me for a loop to say the least.
		Ken Park is not high art, but the fact of the matter is that it will get a reaction out of you.
	www.monstersatplay.com /review/dvd/k/kenpark.php (1013 words)

	Ken Park
		What Clark does with Ken Park is basically raise the subtext of his previous film to the focal point, creating his most personal and meaningful work to date.
		The title character Ken Park exists in the narrative as a breaking of the cycle and the only way he is able to break the cycle presented in the film is to die (which he does in the first scene as the credits roll).
		The film suggests that the only future happy childhood available for Ken Park’s baby is without the presence of Ken Park, aborting the father from the family unit rather than the baby.
	www.bentclouds.com /films/ken.html (325 words)

	Montreal Mirror - Cover Story: Ken Park
		Clark is looking back on the bizarre genesis of his latest feature, Ken Park, something that actually predated Kids, the feature that first brought him to international acclaim on the film circuit.
		Ken Park manages transcendent moments of poignance, offering its characters—both child and adult—enough range and dimension to make them startlingly ambiguous culprits.
		And there are certainly no pat answers within Ken Park, an audacity that will make it a difficult film to see at your local megaplex.
	www.montrealmirror.com /ARCHIVES/2002/100302/coverstory.html (1953 words)

	BBC - collective - larry clark on ken park interview
		Larry Clark’s controversial movie Ken Park has been pulled from the London Film Festival.
		Not because of its content, but because the director was involved in a fist fight with the film’s UK distributor, Hamish McAlpine.
		Ken Park, meanwhile, is without a distributor in the UK, as Metro Tartan have now ceased all dealings with the film.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/collective/A872057 (349 words)

	slant // magazine.com: Film Review - Ken Park
		Shortly after Ken Park's death, one character observes how the boy's mother came to believe that his spirit was still with her because his toothbrush went missing.
		I can't imagine Ken Park being anywhere near as tolerable as it is without the tender and surreal uplift of its brilliant bookends, but it's also difficult not to take these lovely moments as desperate attempts to offer a context for this otherwise familiar Kids procedural.
		Ken Park doesn't pretend to represent the entire teenage experience in America.
	www.slantmagazine.com /film/film_review.asp?ID=746 (548 words)

	CNN.com - Career - Ken Park: 'World Almanac' publisher - March 30, 2001
		While the Internet deluges a user with data both right and wrong, the "Almanac" is better, Park says, and he points to the numbers as proof: "The World Almanac" continues to sell more than 1 million copies every year.
		This is Park's first year as publisher of the annual fact survey.
		Park says he spends between 50 and 60 hours per week at work.
	www.cnn.com /2001/CAREER/jobenvy/03/30/park/index.html?s%3D9 (1075 words)

	Ken Park film movie trailer review at The Z Review
		Australian Office of Film and Literature "In the Classification Board’s view, this film deals with matters of sex in such a way that they offend against the standards of morality, decency and propriety generally accepted by reasonable adults to the extent that it should be refused classification".
		The reason, well the BBC report that Clark has got into an argument with the boss of the film's distributors in the UK, Metro Tartan and, according to the company, tried to strangle him.
		This page has no intention to infringe on the rights of the film and intellectual copyright holders of Ken Park and hold copyright over the movie, characters, merchandise and storyline.
	www.thezreview.co.uk /comingsoon/k/kenpark.shtm (403 words)

	7.30 Report
		MAXINE McKEW: I recorded this interview with the Ken Park’s director, Larry Clark, in Los Angeles earlier today.
		MAXINE McKEW: What about those who are defying the law in Australia and in fact showing Ken Park on illegal DVDs.
		MAXINE McKEW: Perhaps of much greater concern, there are reports today of high school students getting bootleg copies of Ken Park off the Internet and it's being shown to children, or certainly young teens as young as 13 and 14.
	www.abc.net.au /7.30/content/2003/s896904.htm (985 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Ken Park at Epinions.com
		The movie's namesake, Ken Park, is a minor character that the teens know of.
		Ken Park: The most undeveloped of all the characters, we are only allowed a small glimpse into his life.
		Ken's problem is pretty textbook - it has been used as a plot device in countless movies.
	www.epinions.com /content_134667013764 (822 words)

	Ken Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ken Park is the latest film from Larry Clark, the Oklahoman who had already established a controversial body of photographic work when he decided late in life to make his still photographs move.
		Some of his earlier films had been more explicit than people expect from movies about teenagers, but Ken Park goes all the way.
		He brought in writers to work on Bully, and a cinematographer to work on Ken Park.
	www.scoopy.com /kenpark.htm (2077 words)

	"Ken Park" Seeking a Home; Shooting in the Hamptons; From Script to Screen; IFC and Plexifilm Party Reports and More
		The poster image for "Ken Park," used during last fall's festival screenings of the controversial film.
		"KEN PARK" CLOSING IN ON U.S. Larry Clark and Ed Lachman's controversial "Ken Park," which has been a hot title at international film festivals and screening series, remains in limbo despite rumors of a U.S. distribution deal.
		Guests mingled at the newly renovated Gramercy Park Hotel Bar; in attendance were man of the hour Jem Cohen, Lot 47's Greg Williams, musician Johnny Temple from Girls Against Boys, Cowboy's John Vanco, "Horns and Halos" director Michael Galinsky, and the Plexifilm crew.
	www.indiewire.com /biz/biz_030418buzz.html (1179 words)

	7.30 Report
		Is it a case of blatant censorship, or does Ken Park, with its scenes of graphic teen sex and violence, simply overstep the mark?
		DAVID HARDAKER: Ken Park deals with life through the eyes of four teenagers in a dysfunctional society.
		As far as these movie-goers are concerned, Ken Park is first and foremost about art and an adult's right to choose.
	www.abc.net.au /7.30/content/2003/s896903.htm (493 words)

	Zap2it.com - Movie news - Sydney Film Festival Pulls 'Ken Park'
		This is the first time in 30 years a film selected by the festival has been censored by authorities.
		Festival director Gayle Lake told the attendees that a review of the original decision was upheld by the OFLC's review panel, which cited "child sexual abuse" and "sexualized violence" as its key reasons.
		"Ken Park" caused controversy when it screened at the Venice Film Festival last year.
	www.zap2it.com /movies/news/story/0,1259,---17319,00.html (220 words)

	Ken Park screening, take two: film lovers defiant - smh.com.au
		A group of film lovers are planning another attempt to screen the banned American drama Ken Park in Sydney next week.
		It is believed they are film lovers disappointed that Ken Park was not shown to more than 200 people at Balmain Town Hall.
		The film-maker Christina Andreef, a supporter of Free Cinema, has seen Ken Park and believes it is neither pornographic nor exploitative.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/07/04/1057179154687.html (591 words)

	Blogcritics.org: Ken Park redux
		Further to my earlier post about Ken Park, confirmation predictably came through that there would be no Ken Park at the SFF.
		The controversial film Ken Park will not screen at this year's Sydney Film Festival after organisers today said they had "exhausted all avenues of appeal".
		On the day Ken Park was due to screen at the Sydney Film Festival, Mr Debus said he was worried about the effect on the festival's status by the ban on the controversial American drama.
	blogcritics.org /archives/2003/06/20/062529.php (578 words)

	Combustible Celluloid film review - Ken Park (2002), Larry Clark, Amanda Plummer, James Bullard, dvd review
		Before long, however, Ken Park's tabloid instinct kicks in and we gets scenes of murder, incest and graphic sex that somewhat betray the more insightful, instinctive scenes.
		The film opens on the title character, Ken Park (Adam Chubbuck), who blows his head off in the opening scene for reasons that remain hidden until the film's end.
		Note: Ken Park is banned in Australia and www.xploitedcinema.com will not ship this film there.
	www.combustiblecelluloid.com /2002/kenpark.shtml (623 words)

	Ken Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	www.interference.com /webstore/us/books/author/Ken+Park-4.htm (94 words)

	Ken Park - Carl Therrien (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ken Park vous offrira le même ratio freak / minute que la plupart des projets du jeune auteur.
		Tandis que Ken Park oscille entre distanciation et identification, propose une structure narrative certes mais ne la parachève pas (la plupart des dossiers ne sont pas résolus au sens classique du terme) ; le sentiment de résolution émane en fait de la dimension enquête qui, elle, semble achevée.
		Les tranches de vies brutes de Ken Park sont montées de façon à en faire sourdre un propos éclairé sur le réel.
	www.artifice.qc.ca /dossierarchives/124.htm (2281 words)

	ESpy.ca: Controversial 'Ken Park' Canceled Britain Because Director Attacks Distributor
		Clark (“Kids”) was arrested on the weekend in London after assaulting McAlpine in a restaurant following an argument about the Middle East and the Sept. 11 attacks.
		“Ken Park” was to premiere at the London Film Festival, but was pulled from the line-up as a consequence.
		Although McAlpine originally claimed that he would distribute the film under the condition that Clark leave England, he has subsequently changed his mind.
	www.espy.ca /display.php?id=287 (176 words)

	TIFF FILM REVIEW: Ken Park
		Ken Park is yet another controversial film from Larry Clark and Harmony Korine, the now-estranged director/screenwriter team that made Kids.
		While Ken Park is even more unsettling than Kids, it’s also a thought-provoking film that employs sexually explicit scenes for more than just shock value.
		Ken Park’s title refers to a character that we meet only at the beginning and end of the film.
	www.chartattack.com /damn/2002/09/1803.cfm (795 words)

	Ken Park ban 'sadly archaic' - theage.com.au
		It was a sadly archaic situation that in 2003 Australian adults were prevented from seeing a film of their choice, a leading film critic said today.
		About 500 people packed into Sydney's Balmain Town Hall last night for a screening of the controversially banned US film Ken Park, in defiance of police and Australia's film censorship body.
		Mr Stratton said there were was no doubt some films should not be shown, such as films with actual child pornography or sex, but Ken Park was not one of those films, despite what the classification board said.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/07/04/1057179133410.html (455 words)

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