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Harmony Korine

American Director

Born: Sep 1, 1974

Always Because Made Me People You

Related authors: David Lynch George Lucas Martin Scorsese Spike Lee Steven Spielberg Tim Burton Woody Allen

I purposefully try to make films in that grey area, where things are morally ambiguous. It's like life: good people do horrible things, and bad people do good things, and there's beauty in horror and horror in beauty. Harmony Korine

What I remember myself from films, and what I love about films, is specific scenes and characters. Harmony Korine

Love Myself Remember Films Characters About Scenes Specific

I never cared about making one coherent masterpiece with a conventional narrative. I always wanted my movies to have images falling from all directions in a vaudevillian way. If you didn't like what was happening in one scene, you could just snooze through it until the next scene. Harmony Korine

You Way About Directions Scene Could Through Never Like Until Masterpiece Narrative Always Making Falling Just Wanted Conventional Happening Movies Next Images Cared Coherent

Cinema sustains life. It captures death in its progress. Harmony Korine

Life Death Progress Cinema Sustains Captures

I look at WorldstarHipHop in the morning, Bossip, Global Grind, and everything in between, but it's all so quick, I don't even think about it. And I've never been a fan of lyrical or socially conscious rap music. Harmony Korine

I've started lots of books, but it's hard for me to finish them. Harmony Korine

Me Books Finish Lots Them Hard Started

I don't even know how people read new fiction anymore because there's so much old fiction that exists that seems great that's unread. It's overwhelming to me. But, I mean, I do read. But there probably haven't been many people less literate than me that have been in 'The Paris Review.' Harmony Korine

Great Me People Old Overwhelming Seems Unread Paris New Know Read Because How Been Review Exists Than Anymore Fiction Literate Mean Much Less Many Even

I studied writing at NYU. I graduated high school in Nashville and then went to the creative writing program, and in the first year, that's when I wrote 'Kids.' Harmony Korine

Creative Writing School First Year Kids High High School Studied Wrote Nashville Graduated Then Creative Writing NYU Program

I have a pretty good family. But ever since I was little, I just felt like I wanted to be on my own. It was the same thing about school. Harmony Korine

Good Family School Own Same Thing Pretty Pretty Good About My Own Since Like Felt Same Just Wanted Little Good Family Ever Thing

I was born 'Harmony,' and it was weird because when I was a little kid, I was picked on so much that when I was 13, I changed my name to Harmful. I thought it was a tougher name, so I had it legally changed. And then, I don't know, it just didn't seem to catch on, so... legally, my name is still Harmful, but I just said I'll go back to Harmony. Harmony Korine

Thought Harmful Changed Harmony Back Kid Born Seem Tougher Had Picked Catch Weird Name Know Because Said Still Go Legally Just Little Then Little Kid Much

I had a guidance counsellor who made me take an aptitude test, and told me I should be a bricklayer. Harmony Korine

Me Guidance Made Aptitude Take Had Test Should Who Bricklayer

I was free when I was 12 because I got my first skateboard. I've been free ever since. Harmony Korine

Free First Since Because Got Been Skateboard Ever

I'd always heard stories about how Harpo Marx was the most talkative of the Marx brothers. I found it interesting that someone you never got to hear speak in films would never not speak in real life. Harmony Korine

When I started making movies, I was pretty young, and at the time I felt like there needed to be more confrontation in cinema - or I needed to make something more disruptive - so in the beginning, those movies were me wanting to play with the rules. Harmony Korine

Time Me Cinema Beginning Young Rules Those Pretty Something More Like Make Felt Making Making Movies Were Wanting In The Beginning Movies Confrontation Play Started Disruptive Needed

When I was a kid, I loved Nicholas brothers films. It was like skateboarding. Even Gene Kelly: I always preferred him to Fred Astaire, just because he was more athletic, like skateboarding. Harmony Korine

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