If you happen to be wandering around the Crazy Girls Gentleman's Club in Los Angeles as Wednesday night turns into Thursday morning, the usual haze of smoke and neon lights will remind you that this is a typical night of debauchery. It may have lulled you into a false sense that it is. Dollar bills covered the floor, laser lights flashed, and scantily clad women played around. The increasingly inebriated crowd of men belted out quotes from “I Think You Should Leave” and Outkast lyrics. The only difference from Wednesday night's usual naughty affair was the fact that virtually no one was watching the strippers. Despite having endless opportunities to admire beautiful women, all the boys' eyes were on Harmony Korine.
Hype, with his entourage wearing the horned devil masks that have become his trademark in recent months, and two women in ghost make-up, wearing what look like grotesque rubber mafia masks. Surrounded by men and several strippers, the 51-year-old elderly filmmaker performed a DJ set late into the night remixing Brazilian pop music and Linkin Park. The spectacle included a Laser His show and video montage that blended everything from NFT-style animation and first-person shooter games to live-action footage of Miami motorcyclists. The whole thing could have been ripped straight from a Spring Breakers sequel that exists in some other universe. And in a sense, it was.
The whole romp was part of the aftershow for the Los Angeles premiere of Colin's latest film, AGGRO DR1FT, which naturally took place inside a strip club. My employment contract with IndieWire stipulates that I can only attend premiere screenings of films that feature semi-nude dancers, so I didn't see the traditional screenings of “AGGRO DR1FT” at the Venice, Toronto, and New York Film Festivals. . But it's hard to imagine a better way to watch this movie (if any , is a relative expression). Infrared fairy tales were more atmospheric than traditional films and seemed destined to be used as a strip club atmosphere. As red, yellow, magenta and cyan reflected onto the audience, the glare from the screens turned the entire club into a scene from a Harmony Korine movie in which we all played a part.
Although there is no way to verify this, it is safe to assume that this event set a world record for the most Letterboxd users ever crammed into a single strip club.hundreds of just The kind of people you picture (myself included) braved the mighty storms of Los Angeles just to get a chance to see the infrared story of a failed assassination. But while the first non-festival screening of Colin's new film was certainly part of the spotlight, the real purpose of the night was much more than just a movie premiere. It was EDGLRD's coming out party.
Launched in 2023 (with help from IndieWire veteran Eric Kohn), the Miami-based multimedia collective is determined to turn the entire world into one big Harmony Korine movie. It seems that. The company will produce a series of films, video games, live events, clothing, skateboard gear, and other objects and immersive art projects that are unified around the creative spirit Colin has cultivated over the decades. It's a schedule. And while Colin has taken every opportunity of late to express his boredom with traditional filmmaking, the immersive screening of 'AGGRO DR1FT' proves that EDGLRD is always able to create the collaborative experience that is the essence of cinema. Indicated. Movie audiences may have been seated in chairs next to strippers leaning on poles, but everyone was in the same dark room looking at the same bright walls.
When I saw “AGGRO DR1FT” at the movie premiere, the movie was pretty much on the back burner, and I could see the vision for EDGLRD starting to take shape. The night was a celebration of Colin's post-“Spring Breakers” aesthetic, from EDM music to the limited edition skate decks and his T-shirts that his fans eagerly purchased. His recent work was an endless celebration of Florida's sleazy praise, and this was a gloating of sleazy accolades. If strip club crowds are any indicator, there's a good chance EDGLRD will become the next Supreme, with the hype-fueled brand ultimately wanting to live in Corinne's world more than ours. You'll be able to sell anything to a passionate audience that wants to.
“AGGRO DR1FT” will be shown at even more strip clubs and other unconventional venues across the country in the coming months, and this tour will lay the groundwork for what EDGLRD will eventually become. right. Walt Disney always liked to point out that his empire started with a mouse. This could be a similar situation, except it all started with sparks flying out of an infrared stripper's vagina.
