Totally F***ed Up
Totally F***ed Up
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1h 19m
Directed by Gregg Araki • 1993 • United States
Starring James Duval, Roko Belic, Susan Behshid
A delirious mix of punk nihilism and deadpan irony, the first film in Gregg Araki’s Teen Apocalypse Trilogy puts an audaciously queer spin on Jean-Luc Godard’s classic MASCULIN FÉMININ. Across fifteen jagged episodes, TOTALLY F***ED UP plunges headlong into the lives of a group of queer, disaffected Los Angeles teenagers who form a kind of makeshift family as they navigate desire and heartbreak, societal and familial rejection, and the alienation of growing up gay in an era of relentless moralizing. Both a defiantly raw anthem of outsiderhood and a furious reckoning with all-American homophobia, Araki’s answer to the 1980s teen comedy captures youthful angst with an immediacy that still bruises.
Up Next in Totally F***ed Up
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TOTALLY F***ED UP Commentary
This commentary track, recorded in 2005, features director Gregg Araki and actors James Duval and Gilbert Luna.
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Designing the End of the World
The following conversations with the cinematographers, production designers, and costumers involved in making the Teen Apocalypse Trilogy reveal the inspirations and craftsmanship that brought director Gregg Araki’s surreal, apocalyptic visions to life.
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Gregg Araki and Richard Linklater
In this conversation, recorded in 2024, filmmakers Gregg Araki and Richard Linklater reflect on the role of music in Araki’s creative process, as well as the sociocultural and cinematic landscapes that drove Araki to make his Teen Apocalypse Trilogy in the 1990s.
