Other Titles • Dogme # 6 - Julien Donkey-Boy (1999)
Trivia from Julien Donkey-Boy (1999)
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Julien’s grandmother is played by writer-director Harmony Korine’s grandmother, and many of the film’s scenes were shot in her house.
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JULIEN DONKEY-BOY and Thomas Vinterberg’s Dogma 95 film, THE CELEBRATION, share the same cinematographer, Anthony Dod Mantle, and editor, Valdis Oskardottir.
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After completing a Dogma 95 film, directors must write a confession to their fellow members, explaining the ways in which they have broken the Dogma "Vow of Chastity" to not use any cinematic artifice. In his Confession for JULIEN DONKEY-BOY, Korine writes that his girlfriend, Chloë Sevigny, is not really pregnant in the film; she’s wearing a prosthetic belly. "I tried to make her pregnant myself, but there wasn't enough time... Perhaps it is my fault. Perhaps I am shooting blanks," writes Korine.
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Theatrical release: October 15, 1999.
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The film’s script included only general descriptions of scenes; all the dialogue was improvised by the actors.
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Chrissy Kobylak, who plays blind ice-skater Chrissy in the film, is in fact a blind ice-skater in real life. Korine discovered her on an episode of INSIDE EDITION.
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In a number of scenes, including the scene where Julien carries a dead fetus onto a public bus, Korine used hidden "spy cameras" in order to get genuine reactions from unsuspecting onlookers.
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Over the course of his 25 day shoot, Korine amassed 86 hours of footage, which then had to be cut down by his editor into the final 90 minute film.
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The character of Julien is based on Korine’s schizophrenic uncle, Eddie. During preparation for the film, Korine had actor Ewen Bremner meet his uncle and later listen to audiotapes of him to gain insight into the role.
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