KIDS (1995) How was it Made?

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[@cassandra9699]

This video is full of crap in regards to the artist Larry Clark and the film. Just goes to show you how low the intelligence level of YT and young people has declined.

[@antonioalexander1]

for real!!

[@Nope2479]

Can you elaborate?

[@robbm_chemist7441]

I got to ask, what parts? I was 14 when kids came out. Followed Larry Clark & Harmomy since & completely lost on what part painted Clark in a bad light (though people could if they wanted to) but this wasn't it. And Justin's breakdown during filming is well known if that is your basis or if it's the drug usage which again is fairly well known.

[@Iluvmeth]

You could ya know give constructive criticism instead of just being a dick

[@Scott_Inksmith]

This comment is full of crap in regards to the video maker Antonio Alexander and his video. Just goes to show you how low the intelligence level of YT commenters and old people has declined.

[@LiirThropp2687]

This is a horror film in my opinion. The horror of reality for some kids. Growing up way too fast, doing things they can never come back from or fix. Every parent needs to see this movie. "Kids being kids" can have disastrous consequences.

[@Gehri_soch2.0]

I think parents would've wanted Caspr behind bars after what he did at the end

[@niles6159]

@@Gehri_soch2.0 Uhh.. is there anyone that wouldn't want a rapist in jail?

[@Gehri_soch2.0]

@@niles6159 I was referring to the comment about parents

[@eddiethetruhead]

I was 14 in 95 when this came out and I must say it had a heavy influence on my teenage years. It was definitely a realistic portrayal of teenage life for city kids in the 90s. Dope soundtrack too. I know it’s not for everybody but this will always be a special film to me.🎥🙏🏼 RIP Harold and Justin.🔥

[@rabbithole8592]

I was 14 or 15. To be the same age as the cast of Kids at the time it came out just made it even more magical.

[@Spirosbotos]

Brother what was it like growing up in the 90’s I was only 4 in 95

[@rabbithole8592]

@@Spirosbotos 80s was better. I was 11 in 1990. 14-15 when this movie came out. The early 90s wasn't too bad but it was all down hill from there. Gangs n Drugs began to really take over. But that's my personal experience based on where I grew up. It depends how and where you were raised. It may have been better or worse for others.

[@eddiethetruhead]

@@Spirosbotos It was a dope time to grow up. I was 12 when Wu Tang dropped in 93, then Illmatic in 94. Got to watch Jordan during his glory years and All the great movies that came out then in the theatre. It was a simpler time because computers hadn’t taken over yet. I will always remain heavily nostalgic for the 90s. Gimme Doc Brown’s Delorean and I’d head back in a second.😆

[@hanktoni]

@@eddiethetruheadyou sound like me plus I like the hiero logo bruh 👊👊👊

[@Enigma9201]

I was 14 when this was made but probably 16 when I watched it. I’m from CT. And I have to say this is the most accurate portrayal of what my life was like at that time. I moved out/got kicked out of both my parents homes 3 months before my 16th birthday. So I did a lot of couch surfing and had friends hide me in closets and smuggle me plates of food. The 90’s were a crazy time.

[@The..Truth-Hurts]

Oh...the memories! 😁

[@saltyamerican1677]

HOLLOW, BPT 06604! PROTACT YA NECK, CENTRAL 99, YA KNOW HOW IT IS!

[@Enigma9201]

@@saltyamerican1677 The Greens…

[@chakr.a]

That’s so crazy cause I was watching another movie from the same director and a lot of the characters were couch surfing. Maybe it was a normalised thing amongst teens back then

[@RicoLC85]

I was 11 years old when this movie was 96. It was really crazy that in my generation this is what life is. Now new generation all they do be on tiktok and crap. They will never understand the life we grew up too.

[@starwinksbackfromtheskypit6790]

Harmony is from my neighborhood, I’ve met him a few times and all the older kids knew him very well. I was there for the screening of Kids and everyone smoked blunts and drank and threw malt liquor everywhere. It was wild. I was in NYC the day before and bought weed in Washington Square Park and literally saw the same dealers in the movie. Anyway, the movie Kids was based on a lot of Harmony’s friends that went to my school and the older kids I skated with. Bunny boy from Gummo is one of those kids I skated with, but Gummo is completely another story.

[@cloud9savagehenry]

An absolute classic. Along with Gummo. What makes these films great is, while watching them..... it doesn't feel like a film at all. It feels like you're riding along with the characters. Superb work.

[@ToddCrispies]

It also takes no direction or any level of insight to turn a camera on a bunch of kids that have started to take the wrong turn in life and antagonize/condone irresponsible actions.

[@factsdontlie4342]

Gummo makes me so uncomfortable. I can't watch it anymore.

[@MrEzioauditore99]

Yeah hang out movies are fucker like that

[@VIM731]

I think I was 19 maybe twenty when I first saw it and my immediate reaction (even before it was over) was that yeah this is ALMOST exactly what my teen years were like minus HIV scare(s) AMAZING MOVIE!!

[@yoursubconscious]

echo that three

[@highd12]

It’s such a comfort movie for me. Like I get how that sounds nuts but this was my childhood.

[@joshuapoole7793]

No, you weren’t

[@VIM731]

@@joshuapoole7793 you're right, I wasn't. I'm totally lying.

[@joshuapoole7793]

@@VIM731 we know

[@xandercrews4729]

I hated all of the characters in this movie.

[@serchizm]

I was 15 when Kids came out, had never been to the East Coast in my life. The movie made me long for this “long lost” NYC nostalgic feeling of the city, a city I’d never even been to (until this year)

[@lesliemartin3]

The first time I watched Kids I was seriously convinced it was a documentary. I had so much to learn about movies and how certain styles of direction and cinematography will allow films to have a grittier feel along with an a script that was 90% improvised. I will never forget watching it in the bedroom of my best friends house and how so many of the partying scenes were so unbelievably real to us. Since we were in high school at the time, everything we saw in the movie was literally reminiscent of the actual day to day activities we took part in so seeing it on screen gave me such a sense of comfort despite the dark subject matter. My reasons for being comforted while watching a movie like Kids strictly came from the hardships the characters dealt with. I'd tell myself that nothing I did would ever have permanent consequences like theirs. Little did I know at the time, but I'd be right there with them soon after graduating high school.

[@ObiWanShinobi67]

I had to shower after watching this movie.

[@Poeticlovechildd]

Facts❤

[@jeshneckil1017]

Same

[@Gehri_soch2.0]

​​@@jeshneckil1017why tf did Casper turn into a grapist? Like talk about plot twist

[@harryfp1494]

On god tho. This movies fucked yo

[@Gehri_soch2.0]

@@harryfp1494 don't worry Harry it's me Casper

[@RobbieSuede13]

I was 14 when this movie came out and I must say it scared the crap out of me about the whole STD's part and honestly it made me open my eyes and being safe when it came to drugs and sex, I'm really glad I watched this movie in a young age because this really was the life of teens back in the 90s

[@zeneidafuentes8582]

I wasn’t a teenager in the mid to late 90s, nor do I live the way the characters live. I only turned 18 a couple of months ago, but I've always loved how real this movie was. From the setting of the movie, to the way the characters dress/look, their skin, and their rude ass mouth talking shit about certain subjects or ranting about sex. This truly felt like real kids I would see from the neighborhood walking and talking shit with friends. The film is raw, and Clark wasn't shy to show the reality of kids in the neighborhood and the truth about HIV. This movie is still great, in my opinion!

[@GrimmPoetics]

I love this and empire records

[@eduardohernandez164]

Almost 30 years later and not much has changed, if anything it’s gotten worse 🥴

[@denofcool]

My friend, Branch, who died about 10 years ago, or more, did the cover art for the movie. He created a résumé and got a job at TriMark. He was one of the healthiest guys I knew, and he died of a heart attack, well, they call it a hyper trophic cardiomyopathy.

[@geraldstevens8177]

I was only 10 and a presenter at a youth conference had put this on, I couldn't stop thinking what kind of weird adult would sit there and direct and film kids doing this and that

[@w.jasonspangler2952]

I was 18 years old when I moved to NYC in the fall of 1997 for college. I knew all these kids and still text Leo once in a while. He's a good guy. God I miss NYC in the late 90's/early 2000's... It was amazing

[@BigMoney23223]

This movie came out of nowhere as a sledgehammer to reality. It made me not want to leave the house for a week. Back then you had no way to find this stuff. Just word of mouth and the first time I saw it I forgot to breathe thru most of it. Absolutely brilliant movie

[@nicolemartinez06]

If you watched Soleil Moon Frye documentary she talks about her life when she moved to New York at that time and she saw a few skateboarders walking on the street and it turned out Justin Pierce was one of those kids. She met him while shooting Kids and Harold as well and they both would stay with her at her apartment at times. She was close with Justin especially. Its crazy how people cam cross paths that way. Her documentary is so great. Must give it a watch if you havent.

[@akumaghilardi2992]

Where can i watch?

[@SuperDuperVision]

Great video essay by the way, looking forward to more of your content

[@moniquefougere2864]

GREAT MOVIE! Probably my favorite director as well for I sought out and watched all of Larry Clark's films. They don't disappoint!

[@sk1design]

I was 17 when it came out and it was pretty real for me at the time especially being from CT and had spent a little time in NYC. Didn’t know about this casting situation, it’s quite remarkable how well it turned out and how lucky they got with the characters. Harold is a legend RIP.

[@moniquefougere2864]

I was 16 from Boston, we hung with the skaters, were considered the skaters really. Hung with any1 in high-school that wasn't a cheerleader or footballers, lol then again found myself gettin high with a few of those cheerleaders as well lmao!😂😂

[@dbrice71]

I was 24 in '95 and the film showed my life almost accurately. It was a perfect period piece. The sound track by Folk Implosion was perfect. I had that lifestyle from 16 to 30. At 52 I'm shocked that I'm still around.

[@BOTGRINDER]

This was a good video thank you, kids was such a special film.

[@misspomerol]

I was 13 when this movie came out and I can remember listening to the incredible soundtrack on loop for hours and hours for like a year. I didn’t go quite as hard partying wise when I was a teen in the 90s as the people in this movie do but I definitely did some of it . I still really enjoy a lot of the music from this movie. I just turned 40 this year.

[@argeliamcglothlin5035]

i was actually 27 when i first saw kids. i was pregnant with my first daughter and had gone to see this movie. i remember thinking afterwards how worried i was becoming a mother and raising my daughter in the world today. these kids were so young and honestly, i felt kind of sheltered growing up in Dallas, TX.

[@cake_fingers4548]

I think I tried to watch it when I was around 20. I honestly really struggled with it, and at the time I wasnt sure why. But watching this and learning about how much of it was real, I think I have an answer that I didnt back then. The fact that previous cast members have also brought to light how they were mistreated and overexposed is something that sits uneasy with me. I cant even imagine the pressure, that the microcosm of the films world would have created around such young people. Great breif synopsis though!

[@nikrixxx6338]

Where can I find those interviews with the cast members that had a rough time filming? I looked for it on KZbin but couldn't find any. Thank you 👊😊

[@MWah747]

​@@nikrixxx6338if you find out please share

[@dave011679]

As a teenager in the mid 90’s, I’d say that the stigma about HIV only being a gay men’s disease was already long passed. We had already seen mainstream, straight celebrities like Magic Johnson and Easy E come out as HIV positive. While the portrayal of 90’s teens in “Kids” is probably a bit over the top, it didn’t stray too far from mine and my friends’ day to day lives in the 90’s. In 1995 I was 16 and I pretty much spent a majority of my free time trying to find places where I could drink, do drugs and try to hook up. It was pretty standard for the time

[@chrisbuckley1785]

That's true but unfortunately there are still ignorant people that think HIV is a gay disease. It just is what it is.

[@MzShonuff123]

Came here to say that. This is what happens when kids don’t learn history or pop culture history

[@EJD339]

@@MzShonuff123it just depends where you’ve lived because where I lived that shit was definitely still thought.

[@unmaskscience111]

That is nothing to be proud of - like wow- what do you do now?

[@dave011679]

@@unmaskscience111 I’m in my 40’s now. I don’t live like I did when I was 17. I don’t even smoke weed anymore. We grew up.

[@alvarovinicius7]

Hey Antonio, Great Video! But i miss longer videos, like the iceberg ones! Can you make more of them from time to time?

[@antonioalexander1]

I have two in mind for upcoming videos

[@tommygun80127]

This was a brave movie. Imagine a hidden camera filming a certain class of kids, any kids, this is what you would get- the truth when no one is watching.

[@MVK_GS]

I saw this film as a kid growing up in NYC, and it scared me into making smarter choices in my life. Honestly, it had a visceral effect on me.

[@Chubbz503]

Great Content Antonio❗️❗️❗️

[@cleverestdevil]

I was 16 or 17. I hadn't lived a sheltered life, but it was nothing like this. The movie freaked me out because I was suddenly worried about my little sisters.

[@frankdeleon4209]

I love the background music so gentle & light

[@travisking5555]

I was 14 when I was exposed to this film in 1995. It influenced me to become a filmmaker and remains one of my favorite films ever made.

[@mxolisimatha7175]

I was 17 when I 1st watched it because our mean-ass Maths teacher suggested that we do!! Since then, I've always thought of it as a classic. This KZbin video has reminded me that I need to recommend my teenage nieces and nephews to watch it!!

[@pauldiam0nd]

I think I was 17 and I was a huge ZOO YORK fan when this film came out. Growing up in South Florida, I felt this film was almost EXACTLY how we were, at this age.

[@jesone1958]

I saw it around 97 maybe when I was maybe around 12 or so. I thought it was a documentary first time I saw it. Unbeknownst to me at the time damn near spot on to how the rest of my teenage years went. Very raw and authentic movie.

[@GMFTheTemporaryBlues]

I saw it in 98 or 99 when I was between 16-18. I just remember the complete feeling of identification I had with the characters. The pure debauchery my friends and I were living at such a young age. I went to a tiny religious school, and I didn’t realize there were others out there living like I was.

[@Father_Daniel]

I saw Kids in 10th grade about 5 years after it came out. I grew up in the 90s and was heavy into skater culture so me and my friends were huge fans of this movie. I had never really seen anything like it at the time, it really blew me away

[@SoCal90sKid]

I remember me and my cousin sneaked in to watch the movie at the puente hills movie theaters (next to “The Hop”) back in 1995. We were 12 yrs old. The 90’s were wild. Good times as a kid. 🌴

[@garugavingames1806]

I was 17 when the movie came out in 95 but was not able to see it until 96 when it was on HBO. I remember hearing about the movie when it opened but only a few theaters in my area had it the first weekend and then only one theater had it after that. I knew one person who had seen it then and said even though it was in NYC it was about us and what we did and what we had to go through at the time. I really do love this movie and have watched it many many times over the years. Plus it taught me how to roll a blunt 😊😊

[@tangreen7267]

I was 15 when I saw this. It seemed like a very organic and authentic film with some really great scenes. My favorite part is when Chloe Sevingy takes a cab and the cabbie tells her how to be happy.

[@KowProdMedia]

I was 15 and I lived in a small town in the Midwest, but I still identified with a lot of the film, A LOT and so in that way it will always hold a special place in my heart. However, now in my 40's and having kids of my own who thankfully got through to adulthood virtually unscathed, my recent viewing was a different story. Not in a judgey way or anything like that, but the whole time I'm just like "man, I was really fucking dumb" LOL But, I still look back to my teens with such fondness even though it was a kind of distraught time of my life too. Parents recently divorced. Mom working 2 jobs and sleeping around with whomever from the bar. My dad was and still is an asshole and I was doing so many things I shouldn't have been doing and yet I came out the other side pretty OK. I think I came out with a good understanding that there's a time and place for things and tried really hard to instill those lessons in my kids. I was always honest with them about teenage dad and who he was and the things he did. I don't regret anything from back then, but I definitely look at it as a cautionary tale and realize now that I just got very lucky.

[@entheo302]

I was a homeless skater kid when this came out. Many of the kids I knew that saw it were greatly emboldened to escalate violence in fights due to the skateboard beatdown scene. I remember thinking then that this movie was kinda effed up/irresponsible

[@JayP7.62]

I was like 16 when I seen that movie. It felt so real, like more of a documentary. I watched that movie numerous times. Hell I feel like watching now lol. It was a great movie! It’s a freaking classic as far as I’m concerned.

[@MiguelPaulettePerez-bj8ml]

Even as a "Kid"... like a teenager... this movie made me really uncomfortable. The characters were way more hardcore than I was, and reflecting on it now, even though I felt like my parents gave me a lot of shit, and I wasn't behaving terribly different than the kids in the movie, there was something different in this than what I was actually experiencing. A menace... like a darkness that I didn't see in my real life or at parties or with my relationships with girls, or even with my friends or family.

[@beccas.7762]

I was in middle school in 1995 when this movie came out, so I didn't see it until I was in high school myself. That being said, I can attest that this movie is very real and extremely relatable. The sex, drugs, partying, fighting, and overall teenage debauchery is a life in which I partook. I wasn't in NYC, but I was in the suburbs of San Francisco. I had a very chaotic social life that revolved around the same motivations of the subjects in this film.

[@bazz480]

Genuinely honest & Awesome film, we need more movies like this. A perfect movie that’s a rare gem 💎 that hits harder & much better re-watching it today as an adult. Harder to watch in my teen years, as an adult now I love ❤️ this movie as it depicts my teen life PERFECTLY.

[@davidmacias1270]

I was 15 at release and my friends were EXACTLY like this….it’s my favorite movie

[@nicklose3631]

I saw it in 95 at 11 years old, while living a life quite similar to some of what was portrayed on film. The dialogue and some of the personalities were really different, but for many of the group of kids I was running with at the time, this was like staring into a mirror of our lives. It spread like wildfire for that precise reason. So many people I knew had taped it on VHS during its airing on HBO at the time and it stayed in heavy rotation amongst many of us, whom at the time, were living in a world mostly devoid of any consistent adult supervision or intervention. At nearly 40, I still revisit it from time to time and admittedly it makes me cringe, while sadly also serving as a window into my youth and the precise moment that many things started to go wrong for me. To be clear, not as a result or influence of the film, obviously, but because of that lifestyle. Important film, no matter how people feel about it.

[@highd12]

Folk implosion needs more love! That soundtrack made that movie what it was I mean there are songs from that movie they can transport me back to being 16 on the streets with my friends!

[@CaLIcOSoUNdS]

I was 15 when this movie came out. I grew up in Cleveland Ohio. This culture was alive and well where I lived. I can remember identifying with this movie like I was a part of the cast. My generation and the one depicted in this film are among the last of the Feral children before cell phone linked everyone together like we are now. I’d leave my house at 8 am and return home whenever the weed and drinks ran out. I made bad decisions and ended up having to grow up real quick when the consequences of that lifestyle became my reality in the way of a two year prison Sentence at 19 years old. But still… Looking back and know how my life has turned out. I wouldn’t change a thing. I feel blessed that I was able to experience the tail end of a time in history that kids these days will never experience the same way I did. I’m sober now but every once in a while when I really think back I can still taste the St. Ides and smell the Weed Cookin and I just smile. What a great time to have been alive and free to do as I chose.

[@AmbitiouslyVicious]

Bro I was too mf young when I watched this movie. I had just watched the movie Thirteen prior to this movie and completely fell in love with the glamorization/romanticization of this era through movies such as….I was like 12, about to become a teen myself. I was temporarily homeschooled at the time, and coincidentally/simultaneously a latchkey kid as well as a child of divorce anddd I lived in a heavily dysfunctional household, where substance ab*se and DV took place constantly- so safe to say these depictions provided a fantastical escape/precursor/inspiration for future “outlets” and avenues I’d take irl. I was too lonely and unsupervised, it didn’t help that I had undiagnosed adhd at the time either. My teens were intense and chaotic but incredibly regrettable.

[@roxannablack666]

I saw this film many years ago. It was very unsettling, especially because it was the real life of many teenagers, but it was so unlike how I was raised and I and my siblings would never have been allowed to live this way. At all. It legitimately makes you not want to have kids if this is how they turn out.

[@onetwo6039]

I saw this movie dozens of times way back when. I found a cheap copy on VHS factory sealed and still have it sealed to this day.

[@thepunisher486]

It’s crazy I was 16 me and my crew were extras in this movie the scene in Washington square park when dude got his axsxs whipped lmao we was skaters n bmx riders back then

[@diegogonzales9789]

I was 14 in 1995 and we were doing exactly all of these things on the West Coast. Watching it now as an adult is a tough deal but it was 100% accurate.

[@Rellemsbro]

Who’s gonna take one for the team and upload the movie again, this is the longest I’ve seen it NOT uploaded to KZbin in its entirety…

[@nathankiely3295]

It’s up now

[@skippysimon]

i was 23 years old in 1995 and working at a coffee shop movie theater in pittsburgh and we would watch this movie every night wasted or on acid and i can say with all conviction this movie is the realest deal because i knew sooooooooo many kids like the ones in the film at that time...

[@traviszenk4616]

I was in 7th grade when it came out. I bought the photography book/screen play on it early in the year. Did a book report on it for 7th grade English class. Hoarse Mann Middle school. Think the teachers name was Mrs. Neulriech or close to that. Hard to believe now but just got a decent grade, no issue w material. Then it came out on vhs later and a co worker to my parents got me a dubbed copy of it. EVERYONE came over to watch it. Now I’m 40. Haven’t watched it in a long time. Need a copy

[@kincamell]

Gratitude. I saw this movie when I was 13 in 1996 and I was familiar with most of the activities that the characters participated in , with the exception of Nitrous oxide. At the time I was smoking and drinking. I knew a young lady with Aids and a few of my classmates became parents that year. This movie reaffirmed that having sex has consequences and consent is necessary. Peace to the older lady who I lost my virginity to in 1999. Much Gratitude to the higher powers that I didnt suffer dire consequences despite living reckless at times. Had to give up Alcohol 10 years ago. Last time I saw this movie was around 2009 and my girlfriend at the time was so disturbed from the film's grittyness she said she didnt want to have children anymore. Ps Peace to Tame One

[@Respect2theFallen]

Yooo I just noticed when it slowed down and Casper kicked the dude in the park the kick didnt even connect. That whole scene was grimey but i always saw the hits as barely connecting before not no contact at all 4:45-4:46

[@kmacca5342]

I was 25. Really good movie, very shocking. I didn’t realize Rosario Dawson was brought in as one of the Kids from the streets. I thought she was one of the trained actresses. I remember reading about Justin P’s Death - very sad.

[@henners88]

I watched it in around 1997 when I was 15, my brother had it on tape and it was one of the most shocking films I’d seen at that point. It struck a chord in my about HIV awareness and although I’ve probably only watched the film twice ever, I vividly remember it. I hadn’t realised a lot of the drug taking was real until I saw this video.

[@ronsmac]

My guy , you can call it the darker side. Stealing, having sex with 12 year old virgins, doing drugs and 15 kids beating up a dude is the darker side. Good movie though.

[@Clapstick77]

18 in 1995 and this wasn’t my experience as a teen, so it was pretty shocking. Same thoughts watching Boys n the hood and how life was for them.

[@ricksgrandauditorium8790]

Well done dude. Well done.

[@jeffrysalazarurena5525]

I remember seeing this movie a few times when I was maybe 1516 I gotta see it again I haven't seen it since don't remember much but it's 1 of those movies awesome thank you for the info

[@DarccPlanet665]

I was 13 when I saw this movie. And I believe it was a great movie. The soundtrack tho was really fantastic with folk implosion and also Daniel Johnston God bless his soul. He was just an amazing singer and songwriter ❤

[@mikeyloveshousemusic]

This mobie released when I was like 15 and it was like watching me and my friends hanging out, only we were on the west coast.

[@jamieswinnerton993]

I was 21 and it definitely effected me. I was into counter culture at the time but it was still a really tough watch to be honest and I was troubled by the Casper character. Definitely ground breaking but I couldn’t watch it again even now.

[@bmoneyrancidfan91]

I saw this film when i was 9 and it excited me yet scared me all at once. I think the biggest thing was that it didnt seem like a movie but just a camera following kids

[@AgentRacerX]

I was born in 83 probably saw the film around 99 and in Akron OH we were living pretty much just like that except more drugs and alcohol, hardly any skate boarding

[@ordovicianscourge9520]

usually films released back then were easy to come out without hardcore media controversy

[@isaiahconyers3812]

I was 16 when I first saw it… and it was mind blowing. I had never seen a film like that… felt like I was watching a raw documentary, but about a subject that I could relate to… while the filmmakers were out of line to let Kids do drugs and stuff on set… I can’t blame them for just wanting to show a raw slice of life that was NEVER depicted on film until then… asking them to “fix” any of the issues they showcased is kinda ridiculous.

[@ghpwner719]

I think i was 14 or 15 when the Mac Miller mixtape came out and eventually i saw Kids and was instantly a fan of larry clark. I liked his movie Wassup Rockers too. Similar vibes as Kids.

[@momooks]

That movie was terrifying as fuck as a teenager.

[@astronaut8917]

the way it was shot made it feel like it was a documentary

[@robertblackmore703]

I turned 20 that summer and was impressed by the accuracy of the portrayal of the skate/rave subcultures in this movie. It’s a rough watch, but it an honest one.

[@boebender]

I’ve still never seen the film, but the soundtrack has been going since 1995!!❤

[@joerocha510]

I was 13 yr old when I saw this film. It was not a shock because it was like looking in a mirror. I mean we stole ,we smoked and drank fucking raged into the night. Slept with a bunch of girls and lived for today. This time in my life was havoc, but I am older and much more stable, hearing Casper unalived himself made me sad.

[@redsoxfox]

Movie was so accurate to growing up in the 90s, not having your head on straight, surrounding yourself with party kids. Movie is almost a documentary.

[@jersoncaceres950]

I was 15 or 16 in 1997, and we had skipped school and my friends older brother had it on vhs, so there was a group of 8 ppl watching it.

[@fdation]

Welcome to the 90s.I was 15 when this came out and it's exactly how thing's were for me and alot of my friend's in those year's.I look at this movie like a time capsule nowadays.

[@neilbaldwin5394]

I was about 15 or 16 years old when the movie came out , I lived in the city, and this was pretty much my lifestyle, but I go home every night and had both parents in the house

[@sirwolfreacts]

I was definitely too young when I first saw the movie, must have been in 1998 I guess and I was fascinated and jelous because the only thought I had back then was "Damn, these kids are so much cooler than me. I'm missing out". Today I kow better of course, I'm 41 now. But I still think it's a good movie and I applaud the creators for their courage to shine a light on those people who actually live like this.

[@rahfhdb]

When I was eight my parents watched kids and were like you are never allowed to watch it. So I found it for free on KZbin and watched it and then I may or may not have used that as a guide for what I wanted to do in the future and either way everything shown in that movie has really stuck with me.

[@hobocyclist]

Great movie, I watched in it around ‘96 probably 13years old already my fav movies were trainspotting & pulp fiction so it really opened my eyes to the world of cinema beyond Jurassic park & all that mainstream stuff

[@rjhikups78]

I was 17. Caught it on Cinemax about 3am..... Popped in a tape and recorded it. I still have that tape as a keepsake

[@williamsulman2646]

Kids was an amazing film. It was dark and gritty but also had realism that ive not seen in many other movies.

[@culcre]

I was 12 when KIDS came out. When I was 14 my homegirl’s older cousin who was a stripper at the time had the VHS. She came in the hallway where we were smoking and told us to watch it. It’s something we all should watch and pay attention. We all went to my apartment and watched it. I can honestly say that film changed my life from that day forward. It really made me take sex seriously and not get caught up in what was going on at those hookie parties back then. I smoked, drank and had fun but my eyes were WIDE open to how real it can get. The 90s was a wild time to be a teen in NYC but what’s even crazier is one of the most pivotal moments of my early teens was a stripper giving me a VHS.

[@marcussmith4913]

This was my era. I remember when this came out. Everything but the aids part was pretty much what was going on at that time, aids wasn't a huge worry as teenagers. Underground parties/raves, skateboarding, drugs of all kinds, fighting, Fing, and generally living in the moment. With no thought to what was coming next. It was a fun time. I just remember you had no idea what was going to happen when you went out any night. I would start out with a group of 5 friends and end up with totally different people at the end of the night, at a place I never knew existed. I would probably do a lot different things if I had to do it over again, but I have some wild memories. Life was never like this again. The internet changed everything once the 2000s came. The world started changing and fast.

[@lib.777]

18 and just watched this for the first time. Solid movie loved it 10/10

[@lorenzop3508]

That wild how they found Dawnson just singing in the allyway. Crazy.

[@georgefranklin8513]

I was born in 86 this movie was about my generation. I didn't live in New York but I remember seeing this and thinking that this movie was just some guy following real kids around. I hadn't seen anything filmed like it before.

[@patmcconville4453]

When I saw this movie when I was 15 it definitely changed how I thought of friends and relationships

[@DrunkJester]

I remember all the controversy here in Australia when it released i just sort of finished high school 😅. It was hard to come by and when i was watching it didnt think much of it until the end scene. ❤✌️

[@aliadaduncan]

Wow I was just thinking about this movie

[@brandonstanton844]

I was about 12 or 13 when I first saw this and it literally blew my mind took a few days to shake it honestly