Harmony Korine’s Mister Lonely
posted by The Joe
Some people happen to like writer/director Harmony Korine. This is for you, then.
Korine’s newest feature, Mister Lonely, has just nabbed a limited release date of May 2. The soundtrack, featuring Sun City Girls and J. Spaceman from Spaceman 3 and Spiritualized, will be released April 22 from Drag City.
The film follows, “a young American man lost in Paris. He scratches out a living as a Michael Jackson look-alike, dancing on the streets, public parks, tourist spots and trade shows. Different from everyone else, he feels as if he’s floating between two worlds. During a show in an old people’s home Michael Jackson meets Marilyn Monroe. Haunted by her angelic beauty he follows her to a commune in the Highlands, joining her husband Charlie Chaplin and her daughter Shirley Temple. A place where everyone is famous and no-one gets old. Here, The Pope, The Queen of England, Madonna, James Dean and other impersonators build a stage in the hope that the world will visit and watch them perform. Nuns fall out of airplanes and children ride ponies. Everything is beautiful. Until the world shifts, and reality intrudes on their utopian dream.”
Mister Lonely - Trailer