Reliving KIDS with Harmony Korine | EPICLY LATER'D

In this scene from EPICLY LATER'D, now-director Harmony Korine relives writing KIDS, his first ever script.
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[@masaharumorimoto4761]

watching KIDS back in the day changed me forever.

[@ronppcg]

Same...

[@lennonacid]

I honestly thought it was a documentary until like halfway through, and then my girlfriend told me it was scripted. I couldn't believe it!

[@raichu56k]

Gregory Baker It kind of is a documentary in a way because it was supposed to depict the rebelliousness of nyc kids and teens in the 90s

[@johnboygeranimo6526]

Can't say it changed me cuz I was living that life in South MA but it definitely is a look into a day in the life of a skater at the time

[@eklypised]

It changed the way me and my friends talked for the next few years afterwards lol

[@MRCALIEMS]

This movie fuked up everyone who watched it while in middle school lol

[@chefmike857]

EmVlog HAHAHAHA

[@olivelime9493]

Saaame, but I wasn’t alive when it came it. I haven’t seen this movie in a couple years, It’s weird I see this movie differently now, even all the way in the beginning when Telly was talking to Casper about boning a girl. Just the dialogue...so weird but I like the “fucked-upness”

[@fakelaw8123]

fr it’s a good movie but i hate it

[@AO-pn2uo]

@G Facts

[@onlyplayaseattacoswiththei9433]

@Malekir420 Kir don't tell anyone else that....ever!

[@bradleybailey5864]

RIP Harold Hunter & Justin Pierce.

[@franknstein8176]

Bradley Bailey aka roach

[@AtibaVV]

They died way too young.

[@JimmyBergman7]

They are probably in hell now. So sad. Jesus is God.

[@295kolossi]

Jimmy Bergman stfu

[@Supmouseman]

Rip sajan boughat

[@midslifekrisis]

The east coast 90's skate scene was my life . I kicked it with Harold, J Nunez and the entire Zoo Crew. The Banks was the spot

[@mclovinfagell227]

For real

[@Alex-fj5tg]

thats where alot of the shit started like street fashion n shit

[@tony.aces1991]

Was it violent?

[@jaredthompson553]

Facts OG respect!!!

[@oaktowndimond668]

Back when Supreme was a legit skate brand

[@ChrisMuth]

this movie was so insane man

[@zaku213]

whats the name of the movie

[@tookbythelight]

@@zaku213 kids

[@aureum7479]

@@zaku213 🤦‍♂️

[@MrJohnAwesome]

Just watched Kids for the first time, and I thought it had some pretty deplorable characters. Nice to know that the big fight went down differently irl. The fact that someone stepped in to break it up restores some of my faith in humanity. God knows I lost some of it watching this film.

[@astasui]

Cry

[@Belete5000]

@@astasui shutup

[@lagunacorona]

Movie made me pretty stay a virgin untill my 20s......the harshest movie I have ever Watched.

[@achoqnaobb]

lightweight

[@astekvv]

@@lagunacoronadamn

[@jackiepage6120]

The fact there was no improv and it was all written is wild. It’s so real.

[@pigwheel15]

“Oblivion seekers” perfect description

[@ronnieremark3355]

Misanthrope 616 couldn’t have said it better myself. I lived it, Live it, and always will live it!? 🧪💊💉🥃☠️💀☠️💉💊🧪

[@GrinchyBallz]

And you got gold on your neck? That's crazy

[@followmeintothecommentsect4476]

hahah you takin’ big hits for a little guy

[@ethanjohnson9091]

he’s a saver

[@nedronez]

I smoke weed till I hallucinate

[@matthewreyes1188]

Cris on your neck that’s nice

[@nedronez]

@@matthewreyes1188 BIG HIT MAN

[@coderedtonio100]

only real New York 80's babies and people over the age of 30 will really appreciate how genre defining and accurate this movie was good shit viceland thanks for this KIDS throwback memory

[@MRCALIEMS]

coderedtonio100 same for LA folks shit was wild in downtown

[@kaylar7640]

florida exists too you guys

[@thekanone6694]

This exists in Atlanta too... this movie wasn't that crazy at all

[@baltimorethug5]

Are you hate gate keeping a movie

[@illz47]

I ca definitely appreciate it overall even though I’m only 23 and Canadian. Still a lot of relatable things going on in this movie. In high school a lot of us were wildin out like that. I’m sure things were different though back then especially pre internet

[@FalseWesley]

“Yeah I was smokin’ weed” 😂😂😂

[@bernardwallace435]

Rest in Paradise Harold Hunter.... We miss you....

[@azucarmorena5000]

RIP to Justin Pierce aka Casper as well

[@1983metsfan]

I met harold one night at a bar on w 4th st and he was a funny dude. He was with a couple of his friends and i was wirh my boy Charlie and we just clicked up and shut that bar down at 4am then he took us to an after hours spot on the lower east side where we hung out till like 11am lol . I never saw him again and then heard of his passing a few years later. RIP Harold

[@kevinperkins4376]

I have got to see this documentary.

[@talia8515]

mid90s totally was inspired by this and the whole concept of hiring skaters and locals to be actors

[@HOTHEAD11234]

talia vibes mid90s is a great movie possibly even better than this

[@johnboygeranimo6526]

Mid90s was the g rated sequel. Absolutely shit compared to kids.

[@highlybaked8417]

@@johnboygeranimo6526 Mid90s was better than Kids

[@robindro1961]

@@highlybaked8417 How can you say this? Especially since you got DOOM as your profile pic, which makes me think you must have some artistic sense or taste. Kids is so much more raw and authentic and has so much more to say about its time. Mid90s was cool and all but it's retro, it's nostalgia with a hint of "things can go south if you hang with the cool kids" (the car accident), but KIDS shows the real horrors of it, while still totally understanding why they're doing what they're doing and finding something like poetry in it. It captures what it feels like to be young and doesn't shy away from the disturbing part.

[@highlybaked8417]

@@robindro1961 because I enjoyed mid90s more than kids

[@archfiendkaguya6213]

0:39 bruh on the far left is completely off the shits 💀

[@sk8rluis911]

That’s Lavar McBride. Legendary skateboarder.

[@snapdragonsweetgum8574]

watching kids just a couple years back... this brings a lot of light to it but still- damn. such a strong movie

[@leahnicole0315]

Harmony Korine was/is a pure genius! 🙋🏻‍♀️ Coming from a sheltered, over protected church girl, has been a fan of his ever since I saw this film back in ‘98 when I was in the 9th grade.

[@lollic307]

Aw I'm 39. I get it

[@d.felixphoto2260]

To see my era and lifestyle depicted so accurately is awesome. Just meet up walk around meet people, fight, kick it and no one called you or had any idea where you were but the people you were around. Just sad that that moment was the end of that time. Literally, months later cell phones, Internet and things like that came into play and the summers were never the same.

[@AlkoWasAlreadyTaken]

D. Felix Photo This movie depicts some pretty disgusting behavior lol

[@keybyss98]

AyKay No kidding. The nostalgia talk here is crazy.

[@TheSupremeDunk]

Thats crazy...that summer is literally the last summer before the internet took off! I never thought about it that way.....

[@silly.gr3mlin]

AyKay fr that’s what i was thinking, most of it is so bleak and disturbing. i get being nostalgic for the decent parts but there aren’t very many.

[@Mark-rm9to]

It’s the same now just a little less fucked up. Except everybody’s got phones and they smoke ecigs instead of ciggies.

[@riverside4339]

One of the best movies i' ve ever seen. Can' t get more real then that !

[@Theomite]

Still one of my all-time favorite movies and I really wish we'd get a 4K restoration with a shitton of retrospective documentaries on it. Nothing less than an utterly magnificent film.

[@rockemil1]

Check out We Were Once Kids.

[@titobalkani8240]

I was there for a bit of this. Best times of my life 93-96. Rip Harold and JP🤘🏽

[@DefWun]

Casper was really living that life.Unfortunately,it's also what took his life.

[@bestbean9836]

Good

[@_PuppetMaster86]

He caught AIDS from Jennie.

[@jessi3434]

The Hive Productions not irl

[@_PuppetMaster86]

Kitty 10 Ik, I meant in in the movie. I didn’t know he died in real life. My bad.

[@El.Nigga.]

@@bestbean9836 his wife cheated on him with a pro skater. Shes married to him after he killed himself too

[@danielhance1467]

I was 11 when this film was released, and was that old when i saw it, and you couldn't convince me that it wasn't a documentary.

[@castries]

After watching the 2022 Docu!! You see this movie differently!

[@scottwolff6946]

Watched this film when I was 13 in the early 2000's, it was on TV late at night and I couldn't believe how realistic and brilliant it was and still is.

[@davidomosa6294]

This was the original mid90s

[@trashreap]

This is what the movie was inspired by, even Jonah said it

[@icee1k]

VIOLENT ARREST yeah I feel like Jonah wanted to show the wast coast kids in the 90s, like harmony showed the east coast kids, and Mid90s was born. From my understanding and watching skate videos they are both extremely accurate. But I’m just a teenager in Texas so I could be significantly wrong 😂

[@-ms9vrS]

Mid90s focused more on skating tho.... kids had skating as an element but it wasn’t the main focus, kids was more focused on hiv I guess

[@-ms9vrS]

@KVNG JAY maybe, but i liked mid90s better just because it wasn’t super uncomfortable to watch like kids lmao but kids was realistic at the time of the release in 95

[@juandoe4934]

This is my busy work background movie. Love it. Reminds me of growing up in the 90s

[@Itsawholevibe]

One of my favorites still to this day

[@vinvinmccalpine5806]

I was 14 in 95 this movie was my generation especially if you’re a late seventies early eighties baby. I kinda got goosebumps when I watched it for the first time in over 2 decades

[@kamilyakadyr7063]

My mom was born in the late 70s and it’s funny you mention this because looking at this film, it kind of explained to me what was going on around when she was young, even though her life was more similar to fictional films like “Clueless” or “My So Called Life”, coming from a pretty stable and secure social network. Though, this film really helps you understand that generation very well.

[@jenniferpetti859]

I grew up in NYC. In the 80’s and early 90’s..This film is so accurate of how it was growing up

[@chadariu]

One of my favorite movies

[@jadebethel7556]

I love this man as a director he’s amazing

[@dunkdafunk6378]

Mann my favorite movie of all time...

[@henrybrown4312GAMING]

THIS ERA WAS BEAUTIFUL,yall laid the foundation for future generations

[@GenesislynnYoutub]

I was just thinking of This the other day 🙏🏾❤️

[@IHMadeThis]

Wow. How did I not notice that Bubs heroin partner in The Wire was Telly from Kids.

[@scottseifert8258]

Because you are 15 years old

[@jonwujcik4936]

Or the white kid that worked at pinky’s record store in next Friday was Casper..

[@SweetJeopardy]

I mean, for the longest time I thought that Telly was McLovin' tbh

[@matthewrzeszutko5601]

Confusing Telly and Mclovin... is time travel a real thing because Leo has aged...haha

[@azucarmorena5000]

harmony looks good. was worried about him back in the day.

[@michaela.1766]

I still live like that

[@Reeena215]

I think I was probably about 11 or 12 when I first saw this movie and 32 years later it's still as shocking as it was then. Even though that was a lot of our realities we just never saw it on the screen

[@brotherdudeman]

I was 9

[@jayh4911]

I just watched this klassic literally yesterday

[@SweetJeopardy]

Nostalgia is a helluva thing! I remember watching this movie in theaters in the mid 90s as a high schooler too. It was raw and shocking though we all lived through some of the experiences here or knew people that were in this lifestyle. Still, "Kids" was exploitative af, these were not the good ol' days that some people in the comments are making them up to be, c'mon now.

[@Letters2indigo]

I feel you could appreciate mid 90s a A24 film

[@el_mas_mafioso]

Legends live forever!

[@Ph.40Lowks]

My favorite movie

[@credenzamostro]

One of the realest movies of all time, even as someone from a completely different part of the world, I recognized everything and everyone in it from my own life

[@jameskuhn3378]

Some of us actually grew up like this. I love this movie!

[@delrey874]

love this film.

[@elrikolassssss5964]

Oye sabes donde puedo ver la pelicula ?

[@wordsareweapons]

Classic movie!!

[@hannahrachelxo2281]

I'll never forget when I saw this movie. Fucked me up for sure!

[@ryanjavierortega8513]

God bless that movie.

[@fukk1231]

Love this movie

[@Waterhouse59]

I luv this movie.

[@StephQueen90]

This movie is REAL as ever That’s what it really was 💯💯

[@Lapua79]

I watch this amazing movie when it first came out I was 15 years old and I was blown away and wanted to do everything those kids were doing.

[@dustyoldhat]

so you wanted to get AIDS

[@RShadow12]

Then it sounds like you completely missed the whole fucking message of the movie. Really hope you didn’t do any of that stuff.

[@DRVZZY]

Love this movie teaches kids abt life

[@jeanemlicar]

The Movie is still a Classic.

[@biobelewilliam-west1310]

That movie is gonna be awesome....

[@johnboygeranimo6526]

Came out in 95 bud

[@aprilcuevas146]

gummy and kids is one of his best films

[@codWAWandMW2]

Is there an extended video of this. I love this movie. Seen it 20+ times growing up. Messed me when when I found out Casper (Justin Pierce) killed himself

[@th3rd3arplan3tradio]

I found this on blu-ray!

[@Ericizlike]

I was just watching this a few days ago

[@Kevvie86STR8EOF]

That was one of the best weed sessions ever

[@yikesnotagain1008]

Gummo was amazing as well. Another gem was ken park.

[@81elpedro]

Omg best years of my life! Away from my parents exploring the city on my board! First time fucking first time drinking! Ahhh good ols times! Now I'm 42 and feel like an old sack!!!!

[@fallenbullseye]

More please

[@DannymikReacts]

This movie grabbed me by the throat!!!

[@REPDAT5SIX2]

dope movie still have it on vhs 2017 😂😂

[@Prezzihoe]

Classic fr

[@StrengthBeyondStrength]

Dang, the 90s was raw. I remember doing shit like this. 13 to 14 yrs old not giving a fuck. Times have change as have I. Sadly, most of my friends never made it out. Either caught up on drugs, prison or death. Some of the best memories were of that time before all that bs. Just skating with my friends.

[@Mistydawn1]

Yup all my childhood friends on drugs, married, disabled mentally, or anorexia and bulimic.

[@tonyatliss3709]

That Movie was Wild and Bully 💯

[@lagramsshow9427]

All these new Rapper's thinking there are showing us something new .back then everyone that ages 13-25 was living that life. That's the 90 !! Drugs and being down !! Not like all these new wave of hip hop kids lol.

[@367zombies6]

L.A. GRAMS WAX SHOW that's right!!

[@thumbsdown1415]

And everyone sippin

[@AtibaVV]

exactly the themes in kids and the themes of hardcore cloud rap aren't new they are just more on display to the outside world because of the internet and social media

[@OniLordMiki]

I give up. What's the point anymore? No matter what I do, you pretentious fuckers are going to spread out until you permeate every video of this godforsaken site.

[@shawnleach]

LA GRAMS you fake son...for real...what do you know about the 90's, son? You were watching Nickelodeon with your Furby trading floppy disks quoting THE SANDLOT. Miss me with that fake nostalgia, son

[@83yomomma]

I have to watch this

[@LeshaAnn]

2 minutes? Is there more to this?

[@damon2772nomad]

I was a kid that watched this movie. I lived like it. I always wondered if people filmed us back then if it would come out like this movie.

[@sin-nx1sv]

this the most hd I've ever seen it

[@amoscaul3264]

Facts, what I'm saying.

[@rchedan]

I was just talking about this movie. R.I.P. Justin Pierce 🙏🏽

[@charlesdehallivand3723]

God damn that movie shaped my teens

[@eliquate]

Is there a full version of this?

[@user-po3my4kk6z]

For the better ❤

[@Apexing]

Where is the full video of this

[@NovaGreen333]

RIP Harold Hunter RIP Justin Pierce

[@barbarianblood2316]

I lived it.

[@marcels9111]

The first 3 seconds i dont want to eat anymore

[@yvonnemendoza7681]

Where is the full episode???

[@morningsidedriverock]

Growing up in NY in the early 90’s, this movie was us.

[@reallythetruth3874]

🐐

[@athomewithvicky]

Memory lane ❤

[@roberthawkins5785]

KIDS is a life style.

[@ConnorHolbrook419]

Jav said “...yeah we were smoking weed” 😂

[@angelvasquez1500]

Why can’t this video be longer

[@251Trioxin]

Full length???

[@Deluciano]

The white kid telly was bubs sidekick in the wire how did I never see that before

[@FranciscoBurrola]

Is it out on Blu-ray?

[@agamaz5650]

yes surprisingly, it is awesome

[@postshanna]

the internet ruined the world

[@tnemomhurb7679]

postshanna lmao

[@notmyrealname-1805]

No it really didn’t

[@TheSupremeDunk]

Remarkable Eyes facts....the internet was dope in the 2000’s....social media, notably Facebook and Instagram fucked everything up!

[@silly.gr3mlin]

u say that as u comment on youtube lmaooo

[@HalfnHalph]

In college we had to write an essay explaining why our favorite movie was better than our professor's favorite movie (to kill a mockingbird) and I chose Kids lmao

[@skyhookog]

Harmony and Larry screwed all them kids over

[@CRAZYWORLDENT]

And still relevant to this day considering the the Riot that took place this Summer ...smfh😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@mondaymediaofficial]

Y'all need to check out the companion film Clark & Korine made called Ken Park!

[@ryanleone5805]

I posted a video yesterday. It’s the only video on my page. It’s a story about a murder and pedophile ring that I witnessed while I was addicted to heroin. I’ve told the story hundreds of times and everyone says that it’s the best story they’ve ever heard. I wrote a fairly successful novel and this was some of the source material for it. The book is being turned into a film but they omitted this from the screenplay. I promise you it’s the best story you’ve ever heard. It’ll blow your mind.

[@doomddevil92]

Neat