Totally F***ed Up (1993)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Gregg Araki

Writer:

Gregg Araki (writer)

Release Date:

13 January 1995 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Gay teen angst...

Plot Keywords:

Teen | Lesbian | Punctuation In Title | Profanity In Title | Asterisk In Title

Cast

James Duval	...	Andy
Roko Belic	...	Tommy
Susan Behshid	...	Michele
Jenee Gill	...	Patricia
Gilbert Luna	...	Steven
Lance May	...	Deric
Alan Boyce	...	Ian
Craig Gilmore	...	Brendan
Nicole Dillenberg	...	Dominatrix
Johanna Went	...	Excalibur Lady
Robert McHenry	...	Andy's Trick
Brad Minnich	...	'don't touch mine' Guy
Michael Costanza	...	Everett
Joyce Brouwers	...	Deric's Mom
Clay Walker	...	Homeless AIDS Guy

Also Known As:

Totally Fucked Up (USA) (uncensored intended title)

Runtime:

78 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:R | New Zealand:R18 | UK:18 | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Blurco

Trivia:

First part of Gregg Araki's Teenage Apocalypse Trilogy. The other two parts are The Doom Generation (1995) and Nowhere (1997).

Quotes:

[recounting his favorite slang term for masturbation]
Andy: Shooting tadpoles at the moon.

Movie Connections:

Features Hippy Porn (1991)

Soundtrack:

Down Colorful Hill

this was a totally f***king unappreciated film

It's obvious that the other person who did a review of this movie was not an Araki fan. In order to understand this movie, you have to be a hardcore Gregg Araki aficionado. This was one of his first films, and he was just beginning to develop his unique style of directing and writing. The language used is supposed to emphasize the immaturity of our generation even though we are in such serious situations as shown in the movie. It's actually a great juxtaposition. As for the cinematography, I would rather see a movie filmed in the way Totally F***ked Up was than any other uninterestingly-filmed movies. At it's core, this is really a story about the struggles of anyone who has ever felt like an outcast. It does leave us hanging at the end, but so do other Araki movies. That's just his style; and if you don't like it, then too bad for you. If you do happen to like this film or are interested, I urge you to see the rest of the Teenage Apocalypse Trilogy [next: The Doom Generation, Nowhere], and all other Araki films. They are all interesting and stylish.