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Mysterious Skin
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Mysterious Skin
Gregg Araki, one of the bright lights of what was once known as the New Queer Cinema ("The Living End," "The Doom Generation"), is still fascinated with young, beautiful self-destructive kids. But in this adaptation of a Scott Heim novel (the first adaptation Araki has ever done) a whole new tone and style emerge. The former enfant terrible has grown up. He's still dealing with rough subjects—child molestation, gay hustling, rebellious kids—but not for their shock value.
This time he abandons his trademark Cool and dives into deep and twisted emotional waters, telling the parallel stories of two Kansas boys (beautifully played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Brady Corbet). Both were violated as 8-year-olds but deal with the aftermath of this traumatic event in totally different ways, one becoming a chilly, guarded but charismatic prostitute and the other, almost pathologically shy, becoming increasingly obsessed with UFOs: he thinks he was abducted by aliens during those pivotal traumatic hours he can't remember. (Chase Ellison and George Webster play the boys at age 8.)
Mysterious Skin explores both prepubescent and teen sexuality with an honesty that may make some people uncomfortable, which is a sign of its potency, and a badge of honor. Bill Sage plays the baseball coach obsessed with little boys, and avoids all stereotypes. His acts are as unforgivable as his humanity is inescapable. The movie sugarcoats nothing, but it doesn't revel in its own darkness either. It sheds a clear, compassionate, illuminating light.
by Teenangel
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