Nowhere (1997)

Follows a day in the lives of a group of Los Angeles high school students and the strange lives they lead.

Director:

Gregg Araki

Writer:

Gregg Araki

Stars:

James Duval, Rachel True, Nathan Bexton

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
James Duval	...	Dark
Rachel True	...	Mel
Nathan Bexton	...	Montgomery
Chiara Mastroianni	...	Kriss
Debi Mazar	...	Kozy
Kathleen Robertson	...	Lucifer
Joshua Gibran Mayweather	...	Zero
Jordan Ladd	...	Alyssa
Christina Applegate	...	Dingbat
Sarah Lassez	...	Egg
Guillermo Díaz	...	Cowboy (as Guillermo Diaz)
Jeremy Jordan	...	Bart
Alan Boyce	...	Handjob
Jason Simmons	...	The Teen Idol (as Jaason Simmons)
Ryan Phillippe	...	Shad

Storyline

A group of teenagers try to sort out their lives and emotions while bizarre experiences happen to each one, including alien abductions, bad acid trips, bisexual experiences, suicides, bizarre deaths, and a rape by a TV star. All of this happens before "the greatest party of the year".

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Plot Keywords:

drugs | cult film | independent film | one word title | male objectification | 

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Taglines:

Let the love feast begin

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for scenes of strong violence, sexuality and drug use involving teens, and for strong language

Details

Country:

USA France

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 May 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Donikad

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$27,354, 11 May 1997, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$27,354, 11 May 1997

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blurco,Desperate Pictures,Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Rose McGowan replaced Shannen Doherty on Charmed (1998). They both have a short cameo together in this film.

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Goofs

When the Atari gang are driving their newly-stolen car, a boom mic can be briefly seen above them.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Dark: [voice-over] L.A. is like... nowhere. Everybody who lives here is lost.

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Crazy Credits

All the way past the credits, we see Dark sitting on his bed covered in gore and blood, finally breaking free of his shock with a horrible scream.

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Connections

Spoofs Kids (1995)

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Soundtracks

Time To Find Me
Written by Mark Clifford & Sarah Peacock
Performed by Seefeel
Courtesy of Carolien Records

User Reviews

A masterpiece

This, along with "The Doom Generation", is one of my many favorite films. I remember showing this to quite a few people at different times, and two things seem to upset people the most: the bisexuality/homoeroticism and the loads of sex scenes that, depending on the scene, serve various purposes. One person I watched it with (she thought she was an intellectual and felt it was beneath her to sit through it) said there was no way this film could be saying anything important and called it a "porno movie". Naturally, since this film shows not one exposed genital organ or even a bare female breast, her argument was ridiculous. As for the homosexual things that go on in the film, I think that that makes people upset because it depicts these characters as human beings with emotions (which homosexuals and bisexuals are) and/or because it turns them on. I love this movie for many reasons. It's very schizophrenic, always going back and forth from harsh realities to gutbusting humor, and sometimes managing to blend them together in a strange and equal mix. It seems that Gregg Araki was trying to defy expectations of him here, and that he was trying not to make a film easily judged as "exploitation". This movie has more sex scenes than "The Doom Generation", but they are not explicit at all. The reasons these scenes are erotic and entertaining is because Araki works with the characters and dialogue to make the sex interesting without showing any nudity other than the occasional male butt. Also, where there would be so many people to call "The Doom Generation" garbage for its constant use of obvious profanities, the dialogue in "Nowhere", if you'll notice, was done without hardly any cusswords, unless you count the myriad of VERY creative slang terms poured all throughout. And as for the gore, there's one big scene and one brief, minor scene. What I find amazing is that even with these differences, "Nowhere" is no less fascinating and brutally effective than "The Doom Generation". I love them both, and, no matter how many disagree, I believe Araki is a very important, skillful, and versatile cinematic artist. I've decided to include no spoilers, but I do want to add one more thing: If you don't see any meaning to this, that still doesn't mean that it is completely meaningless and without a point.