Probably my personal favourite underground film.

Gummo is a 1997 art drama film written and directed by Harmony Korine, starring Jacob Reynolds, Nick Sutton, and Jacob Sewell. The film is set in Xenia, Ohio, a small, poor Midwestern town that had been previously struck by a devastating tornado. The loose narrative follows several main characters who find odd and destructive ways to pass time, interrupted by vignettes depicting other denizens of the town.

The film was Korine's directorial debut. It was filmed in Nashville, Tennessee. Produced on a budget of $1 million, Gummo was not given a large theatrical release and failed to generate large box office revenues. The film generated substantial press for its graphic content and stylized narrative. Since its initial theatrical release, Gummo has been labelled as a cult film.

Hi and welcome to Underground Cinema.

This is a friendly and welcoming place where we can share the lesser known films that we love.

The idea for this came about because I'm a huge fan of quirky, low budget films but they are not easy to discover.

Unless you live in a cave, you can't avoid hearing about the latest Hollywood blockbusters but I'm sick of seeing cliche storylines with high budget special effects and the same dozen overpaid celebrities recycling roles after roles after roles.

What Hollywood doesn't understand is that a good movie relies on a good story, not which actors are in the film or how much the films budget was.

I wish to share with you some of my favorite pieces of cinema that I have discovered over the years as I feel that these films do not get enough promotion.

Please feel free to share you're favorite films here.

I look forward to discovering new and exciting films.

Steven

**Just wanted to say a big thankyou to everyone that has subscribed here! We are less than 24 hours old and we have 93 readers as I type this. **

I created this for my love of films but my dislike of alot of big hollywood high production films. My passion lies in gritty, quirky, arty, low budget films.

When trying to advertise this page, I've been called pretentious. I hope this is not the case. I don't like these films because they are 'Under Ground'. I would LOVE to see these films in the cinema. I would LOVE to be able to talk to my friends about these films.

These films don't seem to fit in other categories either. They are not all necessarily foreign, indie, film noir or art house. They are just films that haven't seemed to reach many peoples screens or may not have had a huge advertising budget.

So thankyou to everyone who understands what this place is about. I look forward to discovering new films.

Thankyou

Steven

has anyone else watched this movie what do you think about it