Editors' Picks: Our Favorites From the Week of March 109 of 10
Stoner Flick of the Year (of the Week)
"What if Wooderson had spent the past four decades partying in Florida?" That seems to be the elevator pitch for Harmony Korine's The Beach Bum, which just premiered at SXSW. It follows the misadventures of Matthew McConaughey's Moondog, a perma-stoned, Day-Glo denizen of the Sunshine State, which basically makes it Dazed and Confused with a Spring Breakers chaser. If that isn't enough to get your attention, consider the cast, which includes Zac Efron, Snoop Dogg, Jimmy-freaking-Buffett, and Martin Lawrence. In short, it may very well be Korine's wildest movie yet … and coming from someone who made Trash Humpers, that's saying something.
Go inside the outsider films of Harmony Korine
"What if Wooderson had spent the past four decades partying in Florida?" That seems to be the elevator pitch for Harmony Korine's The Beach Bum, which just premiered at SXSW. It follows the misadventures of Matthew McConaughey's Moondog, a perma-stoned, Day-Glo denizen of the Sunshine State, which basically makes it Dazed and Confused with a Spring Breakers chaser. If that isn't enough to get your attention, consider the cast, which includes Zac Efron, Snoop Dogg, Jimmy-freaking-Buffett, and Martin Lawrence. In short, it may very well be Korine's wildest movie yet … and coming from someone who made Trash Humpers, that's saying something.
Go inside the outsider films of Harmony Korine
TitlesThe Beach Bum
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