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Filmmaker Harmony Korine, spoke at the Apple store last week, and screened a trailer for  Mister Lonely, starring Diego Luna as a Michael Jackson impersonator, and Samantha Morton as “Marilyn Monroe.” Korine is probably best known for his controversial film Kids, which he directed at age 22.

The Lonely trailer was impressive– delicate experimental score and dashing fantastic imagery.  I love that he’s taking absurdity so seriously.  Can’t wait to see it.

Highlights of the Q and A:

-A self-proclaimed film critic asked a really annoying question about what Korine thought of film critics.  He somehow managed to weave in an insulting quote from a bad review.  To this, Korine responded, “I remember you; you work for that gay newspaper.”  The polite iCrowd hesitated, then chuckled.

-Illusionist David Blaine crashed the stage with a number of glory-days tall tales from the making of FightHarm.  Apparently, these included indecent exposure, cursing at cops, and willingly having the shit kicked out him.

-The microphone attendant had the most impressive mustache I’d ever seen.  Seriously.  I should have drawn that instead.

There is something odd about seeing a character like Korine surrounded by minimalist Apple decor, sitting next to a podium with his um’s and throat-clearing amplified.   He’s too weird and awesome for that color scheme.

Mister Lonely premiers now.

–Bridget Palardy, NYLON TV producer

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Downtown New York is continually birthing artists. Living a downtown New York life creates experiences that are often represented through art. Take Larry Clark’s “Kids”, a film that was one of the first to artistically represent the downtown New York youth movement. Kids was written by Larry Clark and Harmony Korine, when Korine was only in his late teens.

Now after creating other amazing works such as Gummo, and Julien Donkey- Boy, Korine has another movie coming out. “Mister Lonely” hits theaters March 14, and by viewing the trailer, Korine seems to have made another beautiful piece of art. Click here to see the trailer, and take a look at the pic below that Jack Siegel caught of Harmony Korine while he was in town at Aron’s spot the Wreck.