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词条 Gregg Araki
释义

  1. Early life and education

  2. Career

      Low-budget beginnings    Teen Apocalypse trilogy    Subsequent efforts  

  3. Style

  4. Awards and honors

  5. Personal life

  6. Filmography

      Film    Television  

  7. References

  8. External links

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Gregg Araki (born December 17, 1959) is an American filmmaker. He noted for his heavy involvement with the New Queer Cinema movement. His film Kaboom (2010) was the first winner of the Cannes Film Festival Queer Palm.

Early life and education

Araki was born in Los Angeles on December 17, 1959, to Japanese American parents.[1][2] He grew up in nearby Santa Barbara, California and enrolled in college at the University of California, Santa Barbara.[3] He graduated with a B.A. from UCSB in 1982.[2][4] He later attended the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts, where he graduated with a M.F.A. in 1985.[2][3][5]

Career

Low-budget beginnings

Araki made his directorial debut in 1987 with Three Bewildered People in the Night. With a budget of only US$5,000 and using a stationary camera, he told the story of a romance between a video artist, her sweet-heart and her gay friend.[3][6] Two years later, Araki followed up with The Long Weekend (O' Despair), another film with a US$5,000 budget.[3][6] His third film, The Living End (1992), saw an increase to US$20,000.[6] He had to shoot his early movies often spontaneously and lacking proper permits.[2]

Despite the financial constraints, Araki's films received critical acclaim. He received awards from the Locarno International Film Festival and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, with an additional nomination for a Sundance Film Festival award.[2][7]

Teen Apocalypse trilogy

Araki's next three movies—Totally Fucked Up (1993), The Doom Generation (1995), and Nowhere (1997)—were collectively dubbed the "Teen Apocalypse trilogy".[3] The trio has been characterized as "... teen alienation, hazy sexuality and aggression."[8] A former student of his at UC Santa Barbara, Andrea Sperling, co-produced the films with him.[9]

The trilogy saw Araki work increasingly with more notable actors and actresses including Rose McGowan, Margaret Cho, Parker Posey, Guillermo Díaz, Ryan Phillippe, Heather Graham, and Mena Suvari among others.

The trilogy received varying degrees of reviews, from a thumbs down and "zero stars" by Roger Ebert to "Literally the Best Thing Ever" by Rookie, and being heralded as cult classics.[10][11][12]

Subsequent efforts

Araki's following film, Splendor (1999), was both a response to the controversy surrounding his ongoing relationship with actress Kathleen Robertson (despite identifying as gay) and an homage to screwball comedies of the 1940s and 1950s.[2][3] Hailed as the director's most optimistic film to date,{{citation needed|date=December 2014}} it made its premiere at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival.[13]

Araki's next project was the ill-fated MTV production This Is How the World Ends, which was originally planned with a budget of US$1.5 million.[14] He viewed it as a chance to reach the masses through MTV's viewership and signed on to do the project despite the budget being cut to US$700,000.[2][14] Araki wrote, directed, and shot the pilot episode, but ultimately MTV decided against the project and the effort never aired.[2][14]

Following a short hiatus, Araki returned in 2004 with the critically acclaimed Mysterious Skin, based on the 1995 Scott Heim novel of the same name.[2] This marked the first time that Araki worked with someone else's source material.[14][15]

Araki's next feature was the stoner comedy Smiley Face (2007), featuring Anna Faris, Adam Brody, and John Krasinski, written by Dylan Haggerty. It marked a stark change from the dark, heavy drama of Mysterious Skin, a change purposely planned by Araki.[14][15] It received very favorable reviews, with some describing it as another of Araki's potential cult classics.[14][16][17]

Kaboom marked Araki's tenth film and made its premiere at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. It was awarded the first ever Queer Palm for its contribution to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues.[18]

Araki followed that film with White Bird in a Blizzard (2014), which was given limited release to mixed reviews.

Style

One consistent feature of Araki's work to date is the presence of music from the shoegazing genre as film soundtracks, first seen on Totally Fucked Up and heavily so on the films Nowhere and Mysterious Skin.[1][19] Both The Living End and Nowhere owe their titles to this shoegaze influence; The Living End after like-named The Jesus and Mary Chain song and Nowhere after Ride's album entitled Nowhere.[20]

Awards and honors

In 2010, Kaboom was named the first ever winner of the Cannes Film Festival Queer Palm.[18] Araki has also been honored with the 2006 Filmmaker on the Edge Award at the Provincetown International Film Festival.[21] In 2013, Araki was recognized by the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City with the retrospective God Help Me: Gregg Araki.[22][23][24]

Personal life

Araki has previously self-identified as "a gay Asian American".[25] Contrary to the statement, beginning in 1997 he had a relationship with actress Kathleen Robertson, that ended in 1999.[26][27][28] In a 2014 interview, Araki said that "[I] don’t really identify as anything", adding "[I] probably identify as gay at this point, but [I] have been with women".[29]

Filmography

Film

Year TitleNotes
1987 Three Bewildered People in the Night
1989{{sortname>The|Long Weekend (O' Despair)}}
1992{{sortname>The|Living End|dab=film}}
1993 Totally Fucked Up Part 1 of "Teen Apocalypse Trilogy"
1995{{sortname>The|Doom Generation}} Part 2 of "Teen Apocalypse Trilogy"
1997 Nowhere Part 3 of "Teen Apocalypse Trilogy"
1999 Splendor
2004 Mysterious Skin
2007 Smiley Face
2010 Kaboom
2014 White Bird in a Blizzard

Television

YearTitleRole
2000This Is How the World EndsUnaired pilot
2016American CrimeEpisode: "Season Two: Episode Three"
GreenleafEpisode: "Men Like Trees Walking"
Red Oaks2 episodes
2017–201813 Reasons Why4 episodes
2018RiverdaleEpisode: "Chapter Twenty-Four: The Wrestler"
Heathers2 episodes
2019Now ApocalypseCreator, director, writer, executive producer

References

1. ^{{cite book |last=Rich |first=B. Ruby |date=March 26, 2013 |title=New Queer Cinema: The Director’s Cut |location=Durham, North Carolina |publisher=Duke University Press |isbn=9780822399698}}
2. ^{{cite book |last=Prono |first=Luca |date=December 30, 2007 |title=Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Popular Culture |location=Santa Barbara, California |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=9780313335990}}
3. ^{{cite book |last=Hart |first=Kylo-Patrick R. |date=September 20, 2010 |title=Images for a Generation Doomed: The Films and Career of Gregg Araki |location=Lanham, Maryland |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9780739139974}}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.alumni.ucsb.edu/newsevents/notable/art |title=UCSB Notable Alumni: Art |website=alumni.ucsb.edu |publisher=UC Santa Barbara Alumni Association |accessdate=December 17, 2014}}
5. ^{{cite web |url=http://news.usc.edu/19521/USC-Filmmakers-Descend-on-Sundance/ |title=USC Filmmakers Descend on Sundance |website=news.usc.edu |accessdate=December 17, 2014}}
6. ^{{cite journal |last=Chua |first=Lawrence |date=Fall 1992 |title=Gregg Araki |url=http://bombmagazine.org/article/1581/ |journal=Bomb |publisher=New Art Publications |issue=41 |accessdate=December 17, 2014}}
7. ^{{cite news |date=December 21, 1989 |title=Do The Right Thing wins honors |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wKExAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0aoFAAAAIBAJ&dq=the-long-weekend%20araki&pg=1655%2C5328306 |newspaper=The Item |location=Sumter, South Carolina |accessdate=December 17, 2014}}
8. ^{{cite web |url=http://thoughtcatalog.com/ryan-oconnell/2011/01/gregg-araki-gay-boys-aliens-and-shoegaze/ |title=The Work of Gregg Araki: Teenagers, Aliens and Shoegaze |last=O'Connell |first=Ryan |date=January 31, 2011 |website=thoughtcatalog.com |accessdate=December 17, 2014}}
9. ^{{Cite news |last=Taubin |first=Amy |date=September 7, 1999 |title=Market Forces |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/film/market-forces-6419816 |newspaper=The Village Voice |location=New York City |accessdate=July 21, 2016}}
10. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-doom-generation-1995 |title=THE DOOM GENERATION |last=Ebert |first=Roger |date=November 10, 1995 |website=rogerebert.com |accessdate=December 17, 2014}}
11. ^{{cite journal |last=Cills |first=Hazel |date=June 13, 2012 |title=Literally the Best Thing Ever: Gregg Araki’s Totally Effed-Up L.A. |url=http://www.rookiemag.com/2012/06/ltbte-gregg-araki/ |journal=Rookie |accessdate=December 17, 2014}}
12. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.futuremovies.co.uk/filmmaking/gregg-araki-at-worlds-end/matt-mcallister |title=Gregg Araki Interview: At World’s End |last=McAllister |first=Matt |date=September 6, 2011 |website=futuremovies.co.uk |accessdate=December 17, 2014}}
13. ^{{cite web |url=http://history.sundance.org/films/1923/splendor |title=1999 Sundance Film Festival - Splendor |website=history.sundance.org |publisher=Sundance Film Festival |accessdate=December 18, 2014}}
14. ^{{cite book |date=October 21, 2010 |editor1-last=Tasker |editor1-first=Yvonne |title=Fifty Contemporary Film Directors |location=London |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781136919459}}
15. ^{{cite journal |last=Smith |first=Damon |date=February 2008 |title=Rebel, Rebel |url=http://brightlightsfilm.com/59/59arakiiv.php |journal=Bright Lights Film Journal |location=Oakland, California |issue=59 |accessdate=December 18, 2014}}
16. ^{{cite web |url=http://independentfilmquarterly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=340&Itemid=115 |title=Smiley Face |last=Konrad |first=Todd |website=independentfilmquarterly.com |accessdate=December 18, 2014}}
17. ^{{cite news |last=Mottram |first=James |date=January 26, 2007 |title=Brits reign at Sundance |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/brits-reign-at-sundance-433616.html |newspaper=The Independent |location=London |accessdate=December 18, 2014}}
18. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/kaboom_claims_first_queer_palm |title=UPDATE: "Kaboom" Claims First Queer Palm |last=Tsiokos |first=Basil |date=May 23, 2010 |website=indiewire.com |publisher=Indiewire |accessdate=December 17, 2014}}
19. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/aug/06/gregg-araki-kaboom-shoegazing|title=Gregg Araki's films are giving the US a crash course in shoegazing|last=O'Neill|first=Phelim|date=2011-08-05|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2016-11-17}}
20. ^{{cite news |last=O'Neill |first=Phelim |date=August 5, 2011 |title=Gregg Araki's films are giving the US a crash course in shoegazing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/aug/06/gregg-araki-kaboom-shoegazing |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |accessdate=December 18, 2014}}
21. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ptownfilmfest.org/info/awards.php?categoryName=Filmmaker%20on%20the%20Edge |title=FILMMAKER ON THE EDGE |website=ptownfilmfest.org |publisher=Provincetown International Film Festival |accessdate=December 17, 2014}}
22. ^{{cite web|title=God Help Me: Gregg Araki|url=http://www.madmuseum.org/series/god-help-me-gregg-araki|website=Museum of Arts and Design|publisher=Museum of Arts and Design|accessdate=5 August 2015}}
23. ^{{cite web|last1=Renninger|first1=Bryce J|title=Never-Aired MTV Pilot & Master Class at Museum of Art Design's Gregg Araki Retrospective|url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/never-aired-mtv-pilot-master-class-at-museum-of-art-designs-gregg-araki-retrospective|website=Indiewire|publisher=Indiewire|accessdate=5 August 2015}}
24. ^{{cite web|last1=Grossman|first1=Jeremy|title=Cult filmmaker Gregg Araki talks career retrospective|url=http://www.nyunews.com/2013/09/17/araki/|website=Washington Square News|publisher=New York University|accessdate=5 August 2015}}
25. ^{{cite book |last=Yutani |first=Kimberly |chapter=Gregg Araki and the Queer New Wave |editor1-last=Leong |editor1-first=Russell |year=1996 |title=Asian American Sexualities: Dimensions of the Gay and Lesbian Experience |publisher=Psychology Press |page=177 |isbn=9780415914376}}
26. ^{{cite news |last=Szymanski |first=Michael |date=July 20, 1997 |title=Having It Both Ways |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1997/jul/20/entertainment/ca-14365 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |location=Los Angeles, California |accessdate=December 17, 2014}}
27. ^{{cite news |last=Turner |first=Megan |date=September 8, 1999 |title=STRANGE BEDFELLOWS: GAY DIRECTOR FALLS FOR 90210 BABE |url=https://nypost.com/1999/09/08/strange-bedfellows-gay-director-falls-for-90210-babe/ |newspaper=New York Post |location=New York City, New York |accessdate=December 17, 2014}}
28. ^{{cite news |last=Lim |first=Dennis |date=January 14, 2011 |title=Young and Restless Never Gets Old |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/movies/16araki.html |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York City, New York |accessdate=December 17, 2014}}
29. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.out.com/entertainment/michael-musto/2014/10/20/gregg-araki-new-movie-white-bird-blizzard-being-gay-hollywood|title=Gregg Araki on His New Movie, White Bird in a Blizzard, and Being Gay in Hollywood|last=Musto|first=Michael|date=October 20, 2014|work=Out|access-date=}}

External links

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  • Young, Beautiful, and Fed: A conversation with Gregg Araki and other members of The Doom Generation in Bright Lights Film Journal
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