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[scottheim]

More Than Just a Restoration, ‘Mysterious Skin’ Gets a Full-Blown Rejuvenation, Which Allowed Gregg Araki to Perfect the Queer Classic

The New Queer Wave legend upgraded his 2005 classic, using tricks he discovered while making his latest, 'I Want Your Sex,' in DaVinci Resolve.

In today’s VARIETY: a really sweet article about the new 4K restoration of Mysterious Skin, with bunches of new information about its re-release, Gregg’s process, and even soundtrack info (!).

[lgbtqmovierecs]

LGBTQ Movie of the Day:

Mysterious Skin

Description:

Brian Lackey is determined to discover what happened during an amnesia blackout when he was eight years old. He believes he was abducted by aliens, and Neil McCormick, a fellow player on Brian’s childhood baseball team, may be the key as to exactly what happened that night. As Brian searches for the truth and tries to track him down, Neil McCormick takes up hustling and moves to New York in attempts to forget childhood memories that haunt him. Together, the two of them uncover the terrible truth of the scars they share.

Title: Mysterious Skin

Genre: Thriller, Drama

Age Rating: 18

Release Date: 2004

Relationships: None

Representation: Gay, Queer

Running Time: 1h 45m

Country of Origin: United States, Netherlands

Language: English

Box Office: $2.1 million

Warnings: Sex, nudity, pedophilia, rape, sexual assault, sexual abuse, violence, gore, homophobia, profanity, alcohol consumption, drug use, smoking, frightening & intense scenes

Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brady Corbet, Michelle Trachtenberg, Jeff Licon, Bill Sage, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Elisabeth Shue

Submitted by @dandandanny

[filmjunky-99]

m y s t e r i o u s s k i n, 2004 🏳️‍🌈 dir. gregg araki 'Hutchinson, Kansas'

[ulrichgebert]

Obwohl auf eine Art auch mit Ausseridischen ist Mysterious Skin ernster und vernünftiger, als manch anderer Gregg-Araki-Film, für einen Film über Kindesmißbrauch und Jugendliche auf dem Straßenstrich ist es dann aber auch wieder recht unterhaltsam. Und sexy. Und rührend. Und so sensibel wie trotzig (schreibt MUBI). Und wunderbar.

[mexisco]

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michelle Trachtenberg, Jeff Licon & Brady Corbet.

MYSTERIOUS SKIN (dir. Gregg Araki)

[musidoro]

MYSTERIOUS SKIN (2004), directed by Gregg Araki.

[scottheim]

Chase Ellison / Joseph Gordon-Levitt (2004, in MYSTERIOUS SKIN); recently

[theboardwalkbody]

Anyone know where I can download the 2013 movie 'Foreign Land' if it's been released? If it hasn't been released does anyone know when it will be?