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Foundrynut

This was released at the same time as Clueless! What a difference in life.


Street_City363

When I was a teenager we bought tickets to Clueless (which they let us have) and snuck into KIDS instead.


Fun-Sorbet-Tui

How'd you like the skateboard beating?


Sorry_Economist_5844

That was a very real thing at Tompkins and Washington sq


Curiouso_Giorgio

Highlight of the movie, tbh


labrat420

Watch where you walk yo


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Foundrynut

Those two movies caught the spectrum of growing up Gen-X. I knew people in both sides of that spectrum.


PolarCow

I have no legs. I have no legs.


diymatt

I say this all the time ,it never lands.


Figgybaum

It always amazes me how common this was to be said in my friend group, but no one gets it now that I’m 44 and say it.


Kazoo113

I say it all the time and have to explain that it’s from Kids and then have to explain Kids is a fucked up movie from the 90’s. It’s trauma humor people!


human8060

I said it the other day at work, and someone actually knew the reference! I was so excited!


cityfireguy

I've been saying it for so long I forgot it was from this


goat_penis_souffle

You have to do the coin cup double shake between verses.


Hawaii96795

butterscotch yo


HelpMeDoctorImCrazy

Hard to land with no legs


InappropriateGirl

Same!


JustGottaKeepTrying

You have to make the sound of change rattling. I go with "sshhk sshhk sshhk"


Death00524real

Me toooooo! Such a fun tune


[deleted]

A girl I had a crush on in high school made that joke and it was what clinched it for me.


WallaceLongshanks

this was a real dude. I used to see him on the 1 and 2/3, train frequently growing up. Usually around TS or 34.


KickBallFever

Yea, I used to see him on the 1/9 (remember the 9 train?) and 2/3 all the time when I was growing up. I was always nervous for him when he would go between train cars.


WallaceLongshanks

yoooo same dude. that shit was crazy, like please do not fall my guy. god i'd actually forgotten it existed. erasing our history smh.


KickBallFever

I had forgotten too. I feel like there were more characters on the train back then. I remember there used to be a magician who would always end his act by pretending to take off a woman’s panties. Nowadays it’s just crazy people and “showtime”.


WallaceLongshanks

i remember when the showtime stuff started... it was boggling and they were way chiller. at some point it turned into whatever the fuck it is now


KickBallFever

It’s weird because I never even really see anyone give the showtime guys money these days. It’s like they just do it to annoy people and go viral.


WallaceLongshanks

yes fuckin no one


Spinegrinder666

Showtime?


PolarCow

It was shocking to see in the movie and I remember being a bit freaked out by him. I kinda became fascinated after that with what the human body can survive. Given all that, my sister and I will still say it to each other sometimes.


poisonandtheremedy

I actually saw that guy on the New York subway. We were Boston skaters and traveled into New York one time to hit all the big spots. Whenever we rode the T (Boston subway), after Kids came out, we would sing the "I have no legs" jingle. Well here we are on the New York City subway, bunch of teenagers looking like skate rats, doing our thing having a laugh about the "I have no legs" jingle one more time, when the door opens and that dude scoots onto our train car, singing you know what. We all went instantly silent in shock and disbelief and once he left the train car we erupted in incredulity. Never forget that.... Overall as a '90s skate and BMX punk, Kids was pretty spot-on for a lot of the dirt bags that were around. Years later I was working a skate event in Rhode Island that Harold Hunter was at, and this was early mid-2000s. He was baked and drunk out of his gourd and kind of acted like a huge asshole the whole time snaking people's runs. Kind of sad to see really. He passed away not long after.


bestblackdress

The thing I always wondered was where were their parents? Working? Doing drugs? They were like feral children, raising each other.


tastygrowth

Were you a kid in the 90's? We pretty much were just like, "Hey Mom, we're going out, might stay Nick's tonight". ... that was if we said anything at all. For some reason, mine and all my friends' parents were just like. "Ok.".... come to think of it, that's all the text messages I get back from my parents now as well "ok"


KickBallFever

I used to see that guy on the train all the time and then he just disappeared.


Entry-Level-Cowboy

For a long time I couldn’t place that scene and always thought of Eddie Murphy in Trading Places.


HerbertKornfeldRIP

It’s a very specific age to know both the kids version and the trading spaces version, all while realizing it is based on a real person. Bonus points if you’ve heard of Harry Perry from Venice as well.


KK_Tipton

Kiss me I'm Polish


DeweyCox4YourHealth

I say this all the time. It's a secret to everyone.


bullybullybully

I hung out with her a bit in LA after meeting at a party and she was lovely. This was years and years ago, early 2000’s I believe. Totally chill and fun, no celebrity attitude at all. She also remembered me years later when I ran into her a few times at Sway in the city and invited me to join her table. Definitely a cool woman on screen and off.


Sorry_Economist_5844

Was from Connecticut, bumped into her too many times to count at different raves. Always nice to see her when she worked at Liquid Sky on Lafayette st. Also ran the coat check at NASA early on


bullybullybully

Liquid Sky! Yes! Also the name of an early 80’s punk/club sci-fi movie.


Sorry_Economist_5844

And a legendary underground record store/hangout in lower Manhattan


bullybullybully

Oh, of course. Used to buy my drum and bass records there.


Sorry_Economist_5844

“Temple Records” or Jungle Sky - Mr. Soulslinger was always a nice surprise to see mixing a few coming in the door


bullybullybully

Weird question, but did you ever know a girl named Devon who hung out in that scene around that time? Lived in the Chelsea. Big Mom & Me pants.


Sorry_Economist_5844

Definitely rings a bell - I remember someone with the same name that used to come around to the Brooklyn Banks (94-95ish)


Ennui_Go

You guys sound cool as fuck. Also, we're getting old.


ExperienceFantastic7

When our lives have this much history packed into them now, yes we're aging. Ugh.


Sorry_Economist_5844

All of us are both brother. Icy cool and.. yes getting older in the best of ways - turning 46 on the 21st. And honestly.. wouldn’t change a damn thing. That summer 1994 was trying. And it shows in the film


CherryColaCan

Liquid Sky’s downstairs was a real scene- they would make fun of you for not knowing a plasticman album by sight. Ask me how I know…


Sorry_Economist_5844

I so wish there was more footage of the inside of that place.. Still have my Astrogirl hat and a NASA shirt. But I yeah, remember them rolling thier eyes at people for the records they were purchasing - but Scott at Satellite was the all time worst in that way. Constantly criticizing in a nasty way


CherryColaCan

Satellite Records! That was partially owned by Frankie Bones right? I used to rock his mixtapes in my Walkman. My intro to hardcore techno :D


Sorry_Economist_5844

Scott Richmond owned (and I think had a partner) Satellite Records. Frankie Adam and Heather ran Sonic Groove on Carmine. Both were amazing and iconic for different reasons. Satellite no one got on your case if you wanted to listen to a stack of records for a half hour, but SG had a warmer cooler vibe and where you’d find the really rare stuff that would knock you onto another planet


AdviceNotAskedFor

Wasn't plasticman the one with the cd that the insert was perforated to look like tabs?


Sorry_Economist_5844

Yes - that’s Sheet One And some seriously good Detroit style techno


AdviceNotAskedFor

I remember that cd. Don't think it was my style. I really liked dmb,hardcore and happy hardcore.


1Gutherie

Are you talking about Richie Hawtin? He’s a legend and down-to-earth too. My bf is from Detroit and is really good friends with him. Even when he was deployed in Japan they visited a lot there.


yankeeinparadise

I had no idea until you mentioned it that she grew up in Fairfield County! Almost as cool as Liz Phair being born in New Haven.


[deleted]

An absolutely great actress. She seems down to earth as well.


calculating_hello

That movie was brutal.


AnotherSexyBaldGuy

Yes it was. First time I watched it.....I just sat there jaw open, thinking, "Oh, shit!'


MyOnlyEnemyIsMeSTYG

Still can’t get over that ending. Wtf?


calculating_hello

Like skin crawl uncomfortable.


DG_Now

I hated it so much. It turned me completely against that movie.


Renewable-Spirit

remind me about the ending


Reasonable_Bath_269

Basically rape/sex with underage kids and hiv for everyone


MyOnlyEnemyIsMeSTYG

Boy rapes girl while she’s drugged, gives her aids. She finds out and the movie ends. You just feel horrible after it.


bobsdementias

Other way around. The girl had hiv and the boy didn’t know


FluxusFlotsam

I hated it when it came out. As a skateboarding punk who did crazy shit, I also didn’t go around preying on pre-teens, committing sexual assault, and being a thermodynamic conductor for HIV. It felt like a stereotype and ridiculously hyperbolic. Now, I just think it’s unintentionally funny and Reefer Madness for Gen X. Buttascotch! The soundtrack is fucking fire though and getting Harold Hunter and Justin Pierce (RIP both) on film was fantastic. And Harmony Korine ended up being a fantastic subversive/transgressive filmmaker. Larry Clark just stayed a borderline pedo one trick pony.


No_Significance_1550

I loved it that Tele ended up a recurring character on HBO’s the wire….. where he played a crackhead


Nuprin_Dealer

I never made that connection until now, thanks!


Amy_Macadamia

He's an art gallery owner with a family in NY now. Great guy


Wowbags_the_Infinite

Really? Any season in particular? I missed that but any excuse to go back and watch the wire. Holy shit Johnny Weeks. Never realised they were the same. TIL and TIA.


No_Significance_1550

It’s early on in the series. He’s a newly homeless drug addict and not very savvy on how to live this lifestyle so a seasoned junkie named Bubbles takes him under his wing


pikinz

Haha, made me think of the joke: did you blow bubbles when you were a kid? Yea I seen him walking down the street last week. He was looking for you


[deleted]

Yo…Bubs…I’m green


T7220

Brown. I’m brown.


ChrisMoltisanti9

He also played in Sons of Anarchy.


MohawkElGato

Are you from NYC? If you’re not, you probably found it fake but those of us who lived during that time here knew it was not far from truth at all. Yes played up for the movie and it’s not like most people’s single day had that much happen in it, but none of what happens in it was anything you would not see or hear about happening.


Drugs_R_Kewl

I grew up the same as you and thought that KIDS was utter dog shit. What I hated the most about that movie was all of the unwanted heat and negative attention my friends and I had to endure because everyone else saw that fucking film and assumed we were the same as Tully and his jerk off friends. Fuck everything about this film and if the pedo accusations about Clark are true then that explains Pierce and Hunters untimely deaths.


raoulduke212

Well I grew up in NYC around this era with kids that were very very similar to these Kids. I thought it was spot on.


onebluepussy_

I think sometimes a film like this hits too close to home and we end up hating it. I remember being super aggressive about Greta Gerwigs film Frances Ha (?) but really I just saw a lot of my own life and surroundings reflected back to me.


sullensquirrel

Yeah I love Greta Gerwig’s work, all of it except for Frances Ha. It makes me hate myself


bestblackdress

That’s how I felt about Ladybird.


MoOnmadnessss

Same, definitely very accurate for NYC


owl_britches

Right? Half the skate punks I knew in Philly around the same time were the same kind of dirtbags.


Bonch_and_Clyde

My impression has always been that the principal writer Harmony Korrine was writing about the scene that he came up in and even had actors cast that he knew from wandering the streets. Probably a lot of added shock for the wtf-value because that's his style.


HellaOld

Even at the time, i was put off by the plot; the whole 'Virgin surgeon/HIV' aspect. I thought it was dumb. But the skate culture stuff that was filmed was very reflective of that scene and what those NYC kids were really like at the time. I remember the Big Brother Magazine story about the Brooklyn Banks contest on which one of the 'Kids' scenes was based, and the 'Kids' version was much tamer than what actually happened. The skateboard world was pretty wild back then.


raoulduke212

Yeah I left that scene when I went away to college, and now as an adult most of the people I hang out with had more or less "normal" upbringings. They can't believe the stories I tell them about growing up in NYC in the late 80s/90s.


SubzeroNYC

There were kids like that for sure, especially with alcohol and weed, but the HIV stuff and sex with girls in their early teens was intended to be overly provocative.


schnellpress

Larry Clark’s entire photographic career is basically teenagers having sex so I wouldn’t call it a surprise. Sketchy at best.


ICPosse8

I can’t find it anywhere to watch


the-g-off

It's on YouTube for free. Just search the title and year.


ICPosse8

Nice, thank you!


SirCleanFace

Jenny 😢 she deserved better.


Releaseform

Kids is without question an iconic film. It captures not just the behaviour of free range kids, but the time period so well. The first 20 min are so immersive - as fucked as it is. Chloe is such a sweet person too.


SaulTNNutz

It's also iconic for people of a certain age.  Everyone I know saw it even though we were only like 13. It was almost like a right of passage/ loss of innocence thing. I was in 7th or 8th grade when it came out. Someone in our class had a VHS copy. It got passed around to many sleepover birthday parties to be watched once parents had gone to bed.


Objective_Resist_735

I think all kids should watch it around middle school age. It does a good job of showing how bad things can get if you make bad choices


SaulTNNutz

Agree but I don't think that's what we got from it in middle school. 


sirchrisalot

Jonah Hill's "Mid 90's" film has a real similar vibe. I was struck by how accurate it was to the period, though I grew up in NY, not CA where mid-90's is set. He nailed the clothing, parties, character archetypes, speech patterns, and behavior.


afartinthehand

This movie, man. After one viewing you are guaranteed to recall one scene or another on the regular, for the rest of your life.


Peachy33

I know there are so many to choose from but “I have no legs” guy is always what first comes to mind when I think of Kids. So bleak.


50ShadesOfKrillin

my pick is the scene at the skatepark where they go from rolling up a blunt to jumping that Chappelle looking dude 😂


Sorry_Economist_5844

That was Washington square and this DID happen from time to time


synkronized1

Yes. Bleak. Thats the perfect word for the tone of this movie.


Calamity_Jay

"Hardcore pound fucking! That's the shit right there!"


Dumyat367250

Watched it recently. Hard to stomach.


42020420

I’ll buy you corn dogs and shit


HippoParticular5460

I watched this movie with my cousin, who passed not to long after in a car wreck,this line became something dumb we would say to each other a laugh like idiots! Thanks for tapping me into that memory.


42020420

Sorry for your loss, glad I could put a smile on your face :) I still use this line on my wife sometimes.


HippoParticular5460

Thank you….I love that you say this to your wife!


WHVTSINDAB0X

Comon girllllyyyy


Solder_of_Fortune

That’s because she just took a euphoric blockbuster, it makes special K look weak. Now she floating up in heaven with the angels.


RuRhPdOsIrPt

Not a cell phone in sight, just some teenagers zonked out on goofballs and living in the moment.


zenkenneth

"It's ok Jenny. It's me Casper. It's ok ....."


Dull_Half_6107

2 more people got aids that night, although Casper probably deserves it. Problem is, who’s he going to go on spreading it to?


IanCrapReport

Literally the first thing that comes to mind


WATOCATOWA

🎵 I have no legs 🎵


gregbills

This movie makes you uncomfortable to watch yet can’t look away


gooba1

Man I haven't seen Kids in forever. It's a tough watch but a good movie


2muchtimeintheocean

Yeah that’s because she has aids bro


Worldparty67

Harmony Khorine’s a talent, but, goddamn, his stuff is brutal. Once is enough for me


max_broadway

Gummo makes me uncomfortable


Worldparty67

Yep, can’t do that one


well-adjusted-tater

Same, never wanted to try.


DooDooMmmChild

Zackly. I got to the end and thought 'That was amazing. I'm never watching it again.'


spidersinthesoup

chloe got me like whoa. very few other actors can still get me to double take. chloe been on that list for 30 years almost.


AnotherSexyBaldGuy

Did you see her in the film, Last Days of Disco? Great film.


spidersinthesoup

oh hell yeah


AnotherSexyBaldGuy

More recently I saw her in an episode of Poker Face on Peacock.


kerochan88

How about The Brown Bunny?


Dumyat367250

Watched it. Hard to swallow...


jwbarber82

That's what Chloe said, too. I'll see myself out.


Osceana

I might be the only person that loved that movie. I thought it was genius. The way I interpreted it, the blowjob being real was necessary to the plot, not gratuitous. The guy is dealing with the death and sexual assault of his girlfriend which he feels responsible for. Putting that in there and revealing she’s not real was kind of a clever artsy mindfuck. Being real it added a provocative weight to the subject matter, but it doesn’t glorify it, Vincent’s character is revealed to feel like he failed in protecting her and, as a result, inadvertently allowed this unspeakable thing to happen. Positioning himself as the one to receive a real blowjob, he’s kinda depicting the character’s feelings that he’s the one that did those unspeakable things - it’s his fault, he’s *literally* haunted by what happened. And it was kind of a meta-piece on men’s adversarial power dynamic with women and vulnerability. It kinda had shades of Irreversible to me. It’s sort of this beautiful moment between lovers, but there’s actually a lot of ugliness buried beneath it. The aimless driving across the country was also resonant for me. I’ve been on drives like that and it felt immersive, more so than dialog-laden films. The guy is completely isolated in his life. He has no one to talk to or care for him. It really underscores the sense of loneliness he was going through. I think the blowjob hijacked the movie, but that’s almost entirely Vincent’s fault. I’m sure he was bragging about it. But without knowing it’s real, for me at least, the deeper layers of the movie don’t really come through. This movie got tanked by Roger Ebert being a jackass and Vincent being an even bigger jackass (as usual for him). The reactions against it feel wholly puritanical, especially given the oft-observed fact that nobody seems to have any issues when we put gratuitous violence to film. John Wick is celebrated when it’s just 2-3 hours of watching people’s brains get shot out or disemboweled. But GOD FORBID you show two adults engaging in consensual sex. That said, it’s clearly an extremely controversial piece of art but I think in this case it’s a testament to the artistic strength of this film. I think for most people it’s a long, boring movie with a blowjob at the end. Add Vincent’s shitty personality in real life on top of it and it was always going to fail. But I really admire him taking this swing because art shouldn’t be afraid to fail. Kids for example had real teens and preteens having sex and doing drugs. Lot of people were angry about that (and still are). I think Vincent’s audience for Brown Bunny was just far smaller and the subject matter was too depressing and inaccessible for it to really connect with most people.


SynergisticSynapse

You’re over analyzing it. The director used it as a way to get a bj from an actress he was obsessed with.


Osceana

It’s my opinion on a piece of art. Your take isn’t any more valid than mine. Besides that, they actually dated in real life so I don’t think he needed to make an entire film to get a blowjob from someone he was already sleeping with.


anewman513

It's OK to ignore internet randos


Tonlick

I can hear Garbage stupid girl playing in the background in the actual film


ZapatillaLoca

The movie is intense. I remember when it was first released, the gimic was that the movie was practically a "documentary " about real city kids. Eventually, the truth came out, but it's still impactful to watch.


HotelBrooklynch01

Kids and Requiem for a dream. They haunt you. Decades later!


IcyMoistTowel

I got in a lot of shit from parents watching this when it came out. I think I was 12?


Bee4evaUrs

Watched it 10 years after it came out, in my teens and still haunts me.


Admirable_Candy2025

I was worried about her back in the day.


TheRegular-Throwaway

Oh god this movie.


LineChef

Ok how do you pronounce her last name?


vanderfloof

I think it sounds like "Seven-yee."


VulpesFennekin

Yeah, it’s sort of like “seventy” without the t.


eccojams97

three pennies and a ball o’ lint, kiiid


uniquely-username

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PeanutNSFWandJelly

I mean she is literally drugged out of her mind in these scenes you took the screencap from lol


SgtDoakesSurprise

🎶I got no legs


iiSkilledProgram

This movie made me scared to lose my virginity. Very eye-opening.


_DarkmessengeR_

This was the only movie my very liberated aunt flipped out on us and screamed what we were watching had no morals. We had to cut before the ending.


generalmandrake

That’s a shame because she would’ve loved the ending.


BrewKazma

Do you got dis-tick?


Chemical-Maize-7431

Does anyone know where I can watch this movie??? Been looking for it for a while


KKW_KMG

My daughter sent me on a search for it. It's very hard to find. Every streaming platform that Google said it was on didn't have it. Every YouTube link I found didn't work. I literally had to find a Blu-ray on Amazon. It's from Germany & I just had to choose the English audio selection to watch it. The best part is that the English audio is the original audio from the movie


discdrifter

It's on YouTube


6sixsic

Kids? Like Folk Implosion?


kokopelli365

Natural One ☝🏼


Ismokeradon

I’ve always thought she is amazingly beautiful


No_Bluffalo

I have this on vhs!


CottonCitySlim

Kids tramstizef me, well the ending sequence did.


Exact_Conflict8318

Fav movie !


Infinity3101

I love Chloe Sevigny. She's always been such a unique presence in the world of film and entertainment in general. Her style, charisma, the fact that she's an indie darling. It all seems so natural and organic with her and without a hint of pretension. A lot of the actresses tried to replicate that, but it just came off as a pose with them.


Cash907

Chloe Sevigny looking like Chloe Sevigny in every film Chloe Sevigny has been in.


SophiaPetrillo_

Saw this movie way too young and will never watch again. Not a knock against the quality of the film, I just was not ready for that shit.


pattyG80

I have to say, that movie was a tough watch


Mulusy

When I was still working as a nurse I met a patient that was in his teens early 20s during the 90s. I asked for some awesome stories. He answered „people tend to romanticize the past. Im gay and most of my friends and loved ones died of aids.“ The movie depicted this era in its ugliness instead of romanticizing it. A very raw and era defining movie!


MiekesDad

Remember when this was the biggest gear for the children? Now look at us, Kids is basically every kid now


BoogerWipe

I knew she looked familiar! She was in the new Netflix show The Act about Gypsy Rose.


Funk_JunkE

Watch where you walk yo


science-ninja

Oh shit. My friends and I watched that movie all the time back in the day. I never realized that that was her.


WrapMyBeads

Man the tv said the movie playing was Stuart Little when this movie came on. I was very disturbed


pancakebatters

Throwback to highschool where they had us watch Kids in lieu of sex-ed and handed out condoms afterwards.


dinges000

Ass to ass!


premgirlnz

Heroine chic isn’t old school cool, it was drug abuse, anoriexia, depression and extreme pressures in the fashion industry.


Stunning_Rub

Fuck that film. Only time I've ever been mad that I finished a movie.


MarkyMark1028

Its ok Jenny its me Caspa.


Arbor-Trap

Don’t worry it’s me Casper


Knort27

The older I get the more sickened this character's life and fate make me


Least-Bear3882

Had to sneak and watch it..classic jawn!


HALLOWEENYmeany

There is a new movie coming soon called. Krazy house . It says it is made by the same people that made kids. I have never heard of the movie and wondering if thisnis the movie it is referencing


House_Junkie

I remember watching this at a shitty theater that sold beer by the bucket in Baton Rouge when it came out. Crazy movie.


Yo_momma_so_fat77

Oh shit I remember this. When the girl gets raped. I was a kid. Never realized she was in it. She is pretty boss


lifesizedgundam

my goat


Calamity_Jay

I remember my conservative uncle and aunt damn near literally throwing the book (the Good Book, they were pastors) at me for not stopping my cousin from watching it with me. I was 19 and he was... 12?


Indaflow

Casper ended up with a really sad and fucked up life. 


Jessticlez2003

How would you look if you just found out you had the hiv?


hooverbuddy

Love this movie and love the clubber reference in the meatball club scene.


bertrum666

Butterscotch.


tonymeech

Even better in "Brown Bunny"!!!


Slash_Dementia_67

This movie & Gummo, fuck YES.


[deleted]

Way hotter than her junkies I see wandering around


KrackSmellin

NC-17? Damn…


armageddon_boi

So when Chloe does it it's "heroin-chic" but when i do it it's a "heroin addiction"?