“I’d already seen Spring Breakers once, at an early screening with a crowd very receptive to the latest offering from Harmony Korine. Since that first viewing I was eager to get back to a theatre to see it again. The film was stuck in my head for days. The images. The edits. The music. The vibe of the film sat in my soul and the only way to satiate my lust for its satirically depraved spirit was to watch it again.

And so I gathered myself, sister in tow, on opening night for the film here in Canada. We bought tickets to the 10:40pm screening and entered a completely packed auditorium, filled to the brim with 17-25 year-olds. I could tell immediately that this would be a fascinating audience experience; a case study of sorts on the immediate effects of Harmony Korine trolling a generation of filmgoers looking for a good time party movie.”

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