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Skinheads (1989)
An American Masterpiece
While it may be a stretch to call Skinheads: The Second Coming of Hate the greatest American film of all time, it's much of one. This film tackles the troubling questions that Neonazism posed to our culture in the late 1980s in an unblinking fashion that throws fear completely aside. Unlike later films that dealt had skinhead-related subject matters such as American History X, Skinheads: The Second Coming of Hate does not try to preach to its audience. It simply portrays Skinheads as the ruthless Hitler-loving killers they are. Skinheads: The Second Coming of Hate also features what is probably Chuck Connors' finest performance. Connors was an American treasure and without a doubt the greatest film actor this nation has ever produced. To say that this film contains his finest performance is to say that this film contains what may very well be the greatest acting tour de force ever caught upon film. It is a modern tragedy that Skinheads: The Second Coming of Hate is rarely, if ever, mentioned as one of the great films of the 1980s let alone one of the great American films of all times.
Gummo (1997)
The worst film I have ever seen
Gummo is without a doubt the worst film I have ever seen in my life. Not even a good soundtrack featuring Sleep and Brujuria could save this festering pile of dog crap. If you like movies that have no sense of narration, you might like this one. If you like movies that have no sense of purpose but to shock, you might like Gummo. If you like movies that feature juveniles inhaling spray paint, you might like Gummo. If you like movies that feature children eating plates of pasta while sitting in bathtubs full of filthy water, you will like Gummo. That bathtub scene pretty much sums up this film. It makes no sense on any level. I don't know if this film is supposed to make an artistic statement or if it is just supposed to shock people with its weirdness and its creepiness. I've heard that this is a black licorice sort of a film, either you love it or you hate it. Count me as one of the haters and don't trust anybody who claims to like this film with you money. And especially don't trust anyone who claims to like this movie with your kids. In a word: yuck.