Harmony Korine on David Letterman

[zaccman922]

He is soooooo high.

[kennyt2011]

Cracked sent me here. but, d$#@ i always love Lettermans guests. every two or three is messed-up .

[TheKidninja]

@kennyt2011 ignorant

[themuntstick]

was this recorded with a wheelbarrow?

[Osthropek]

I think harmony gets alot of bad beef for being "pretentious", however I think that word is thrown around a bit too much. I don't think he is pretentious at all, because just like David Lynch he envisions a world that is truly his. Also, he would be pretentious if he would try convince people that a guy in poor old-people make up humping a dumpster is "a metaphor for our society" or some shit like that - he only creates it because he feels that it should exist. that's it.

[vulpix]

Gummo box office budget: $1,300,000. Gummo box office total gross: $19,820.

[LarrySypolt]

Cracked

[DragonXero]

@LarrySypolt Ayup.

[kinzaz123]

Cracked.

[austinroe1]

Like if Cracked sent you here!

[TobiasBoon1980]

Kids was a great movie. Talk smack if you want but you guys haven't made any movies...

[vanessarchrdsn]

cracked out mess

[smartasshater]

Cracked.

[Zanders115thDream]

@davidcheers Nah, he's just real high.

[TobiasBoon1980]

@Zanders115thDream Same thing

[ShermDip]

@davidcheers hawt

[randomartist01]

@davidcheers Heh. Yeeeeeeah. That's what's happening, all right

[tictalk729]

how ya doin?

-nice

[beneaththeroses]

seems like a pretty funny guy - feel like he would be awesome to drink beers with and shoot the shit

[fuhqup9]

240p we meet again

[alfiejames8]

@fuhqup9 this was uploaded 6 years ago lol

[GratefulVince]

Harmony Korine is a genius, he wrote 2 amazing masterful films before he was 25 years old. Kids is still one of the top 10 films of the decade and Gummo is a masterpiece amongst those of us in the know. Has anyone seen Trash Humpers yet?

[iggyzp]

@GratefulVince yeeeee. that shit is so great.

[GratefulVince]

@iggyzp I've been wanting to see it forever. Its almost mythical in a way - the film is impossible to see. I live in the midwest so I'm fucked anyway but I can usually alwayys find a movie I want online somewhere but "Trash Humpers" is nowhere to be found. It's like that Crispin Glover movie that came out in the mid 2000's that can only be seen in his prescence

[thegodi]

@GratefulVince Yeah, i saw it and it's a piece of shit...

[Snake711cool]

this is fucking awesome

[SATURDAYateSUNDAY]

David letterman is like that principle who calls in that student who got caught smoking weed in the bathroom hamony being the student of course.

[CallHimDiddy]

60 people hate god

[someonewithballs]

so stoned

[thewhitezombie666]

awesome seeing someone who isn't even a comedian throw Letterman in the dirt comically

[Adam420Dreadz]

letterman dident even know he was the writer of many of his previous productions , i dont know why he continues to subject himself to this on tv , hes such a great writer FUCK letterman , an the sick pleasure he derives from bullying people of a less limited belief system then his

[KyonxheartxHaruhi]

wow. one of my closest friends is harmony's cousin, it's crazy how similar they are. this is great.

[kaitniblo311]

love his works

[Anders898Avey]

I hate David Letterman. Just an ass but he does have awesome people and bands on his show

[Salmagundiii]

@Anders898Avey

Well, exactly, his schtick has always been the midwestern rube in NYC, but you have to give him props for having had people like Harmony on, multiple times. He's made for a more interesting 20 years of 11:30 television than Jay Leno has.

[anonymouslol]

he's probably just nervous as fuck, but his responses were witty, and slightly sarcastic. Genuinely hilarious

[slangshotstudios]

Harmony should make a film called "The Jew that Knew"

[TobiasBoon1980]

@slangshotstudios Wait what?

[MatthewRayDavila69]

Ease up on him, David! Not everyone has to be like everyone else!

[Abgef]

@MatthewRayDavila69

you missed the point.

The guy is awkward as shit.

[TankGirlBOOM]

Harmony Korines so effing funny. I could watch this interview ALL day and laugh just as hard. Love when he cracks up at the name of his book.

[zippledddddddddddddd]

he's just really shhy

[gofuckyourselfsuit]

peanut butter and jelly....as American as apple pie

mothers love children they hate.....

ass grime dirty....America

shot in 8mm

Go to:

peanut butter and jelly......(8mm footage)

[ShxtBlowsUp]

Harmony Korine is undoubtedly a genius, but is he autistic, or just very odd?

[Wolffmanjackk]

@ShxtBlowsUp ... No.. The guy was drugged up out of his mind during this interview. lots of money + Drugs + talk show = seeing famous people drugged out of their minds on national TV.

[FriendJared]

@Wolffmanjackk You're wrong.

[spiritofjosh]

@ShxtBlowsUp I think he's just really eccentric

[EVILSMILELOL]

this crazy mother fucker is my HERO

[KUTVgroucho]

Obviously, this kid Harmony Korine has some type of neurological disability. He acts like some emotional support students that I've taught in the past.

[Chrisuser8]

haha looks like he's nodding off at :50...

[minkmarble]

i'm in love

[MrMoviebuff5000]

why does letterman get the controversial interviews? Crispin Glover, Joaquin Phoenix, Drew Barrymore, Farrah Fawcett, Cher and Harmony Korine.....

[CeruleanFilms]

You can just tell what Dave is really wanting to ask: "What the hell is wrong with you?"

[foreversam321]

omg this is great .

[hall111793]

Harmony is so freakin funny in person

[morgan2993]

i aspire to get that burnt out

[SouthernDoom666]

he's my fuckin hero!!!

[ihatebobsaget1989]

i dont think he is actually on drugs here because he from time to time just speaks normally .

[Tralman1965]

57 people have very good taste and discernment.

[enegee]

@Tralman1965 your superior intellect is appreciated. i'm glad people like you in the world still exist. now we can spend eternity competing over who's better than who rather than enjoy movies for their creative meaning and its influence on the way we think.

[TheSuzsuz]

Aaaahh !!! Que Risadinha Fofinha do Harmony *---*

[ArifMacaco]

HE IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUCKED.

[wreck93]

@ArifMacaco thats him normally

[gustav234]

For some reason I thought Harmony Korine was a woman.

[edgarcia4]

i doesnt look like he liked those jokes

[grizzkogc]

Does Harmony have the legendary Basedgod vans on? thats like based back in time.lol

[shocktrooper327]

I suspect he's just yanking people's chain....

....especially with the comment on wanting to direct Titanic 2. A bit too 'on the nose' to be sincere. Though, a film by the name of "Titanic 2" actually did get made, so maybe he was on to something....

[module64]

i want harmony to posses me

[skateitupable]

is he on fucking dope or sumthin? he's an awesome dude... but, it looks like he is a junkie hahaha

[elementz1986]

What year is this?

[winnrsfcb]

@elementz1986 1998.

[BigEdDunkel]

Harmony's Pre-Letterman Warm-up:

9:00am starts snorting rails seriously

10:00am drops acid

4:00pm Glass of Chartreuse, more cocaine, bong rip

5:30pm Harmony Korine is ready to go

[silencesoloud12]

@BigEdDunkel You forgot about the smoking rocks part.

[ExhumedRemains]

@BigEdDunkel Hahahahahah yes!!!!!!!!!!!

[Finchler88]

Korine nailed this interview. I don't know many people who could stay cheery while being verbally assaulted to by a condescending prick like David Letterman.

[CasparPeirce]

I'd watch Harmony's sequel to the Titanic!!!!! hahahahahahahahaha!!!

[rimatus]

what is this?

[turdlinger5000]

Dave knew he was on acid

[ralfsu]

Whether he is high or not, you can see from the earlier two interviews how irritated he is by everyone just laughing at everything he seriously says, so I guess he just figured he'd go out there and play the clown everyone expect him to be. Very brilliant if you ask me.

[Abgef]

why is he so awkward?

[sio5RCA]

@Abgef super high

[MatthewRayDavila69]

@Abgef why is anyone?

[Abgef]

@MatthewRayDavila69

you don't get it...he's more awkward than most.

It makes him look like a weirdo on TV

[lovesababe]

someone needs to get a better version of this on youtube:D

[MoonCrashed]

He's not a "hipster", hipsters wish they could be him, and go about living their pathetic lives self aware, putting on a pathetic facade on a daily basis. Harmony Korine is put simply: Harmony Korine.

[theeturnone]

@MoonCrashed Harmony Korine/Genius

[coldimar1]

its funny people are laughing but probably don't know hes on crack

[xXScourgeLordXx]

David Letterman is a sarcastic asshole.

[zombiemaz]

@drwashingbasket he def says he was on drugs in a lot of the interviews lol...he mentions qualudes...but yes he is brilliant...brilliant ppl do drugs that can't handle their genius

[Bouchon211]

Harmony is truly awesome though, probably the most unintentionally hilarious person ever.

[squizz222]

Dude's wasted.

[pootietangorade]

HIPSTER IS NOT A WORD. IT IS SO OVERUSED IT HAS NO DEFINITION. STOP SAYING IT. YOU SOUND RIDICULOUS.

He is innovative, creative, and different. Does that constitute him as a hipster? Ok, then he's a hipster. Just stop...

[abram9292]

@pootietangorade I bet you're a hipster.

[pootietangorade]

@abram9292

I'm really not, following the standards of what I believe to be a hipster. I actually still don't know what a hipster is, and it's so commonly used that it essentially has no meaning at all. Sorry, fools.



[kellen1able]

its obvious he is on so much acid

[Bouchon211]

@kellen1able Acid lol no way! Probably heroin or a melange of pills.

[zombiemaz]

@Bouchon211 I agree...especially with the dark circles under his eyes that i'm familiar with lol...not to mention he is high functioning which you can still do on opiates lol

[r0ck3tsm0k3]

Never serious about anything, bratty, stupid.... Genius!

[pollinationtech]

saw the previews hahaha

[staphinfection]

Pleasantly odd.

[RockBottomRiser21]

transcribe the audio and pause it at 1:35 that is the greatest sentence ever

[kingsman565]

Korine is my new hero.

[zillaje]

novel

[Mikey8028]

I know for a time Harmony was big into cid. I gotta say, he certainly looks like he's on it here the way he's just cracking up to himself. looks like a good time

[realyodaad]

Is Harmony high? Or just messing up with letterman.

[Commanahum]

Thumbs up if you think that his films are just too disgusting to be provocative or enjoyable.

[c4stoners]

good it, was mesha..uhm..really, eh, amazing thing..uhm...blockbuster? 

[allysmith222]

cunt is baked.

[Ebvardh]

Gummo's photography is beautiful.

Titanic II was amazing beyond words.

[Umlaani]

thelightelectric -- Letterman clearly said Gummo and Titanic were at opposite ends of the spectrum.

[sjaatime]

is he a hipster before hipsters were cool?

[kalebyay]

@sjaatime he is beyond hipster

[CoolerKing37]

@sjaatime Trick question: hipsters were never cool.

[sjaatime]

@CoolerKing37 that's the best reply to anything ever.

[Bouchon211]

@sjaatime hipsters are gay and he's definitely not he's just drugged out

[tiktokz1]

@sjaatime nah he's just harmony korine 

[snipersas]

@sjaatime no hes a genuine person man

[unfortunatebeam]

@sjaatime what are you talkin about? hipsters were around forever

[gauchebag]

@sjaatime

hipsters aren't cool but people have looked that shitty for decades

[ELARROCK]

@sjaatime No, he is and idividual and the way people thought him and other "cool" people did thing was admidred, appropriated, and give out as a style of living. Problem is it moved people away from there own uniqness and created a label that was dupicated by people two fearfull of finding their own uniqness.

"Scared to do it unnless they see sombody doing it first" - NaS

[franc10]

@sjaatime It was Indie in the 90's, duh!

[MarkWoodPusher]

@sjaatime Don't remember hipsters being cool

[666ten]

@sjaatime , no he was one when they were cool.

[milloselmejor]

This guy is hilarious! I think his awkwardness makes him an awesome person.

[83springfield]

big korine

[FalnEdn]

as my boss says, "crack don't smoke itself."

[FalnEdn]

as my boss says, "crack don't smoke itself."

[vacuumnoise]

"I'd probably read an older book."

[colinwtom]

Letterman sucks

[mindcorrecting]

you gotta fix the tracking on your VCR dude.

[britefite]

my favorite interview ever. i love harmony, and stop talking shit about letterman he's just having fun with him. it's great.

[xalstarx]

I don't like Letterman's condescending style sometimes. Sure, it's for comic relief or whatever but it looks as though he gets an ego boost from taking the mickey out of people who are little different. He did the same kinda thing to Harvey Pekar.

[kevinelary]

I respect Harmony's work, but, come on guys- Letterman is a comedic talk show host. It's comedy. It's not serious.

Besides, Dave's had the guy on like three times.

[chyman]

@kevinelary harvey pekar too. but mostly to take pot shots at him.

[Elkins100]

This kid is wierd and shy but Letterman acts like an asshole.

[aeropirate]

It's the real life Chester!!

[DavidofThe]

Is he high

[Ebvardh]

@DavidofThe

Harmony!? High?!!!

NAH!

[Bilrocker]

what year was this? 97?

[badskroy71]

@Bilrocker Yeah. Maybe Early 98'.

[alx90x]

this guy is literally a genius. he owns the show. letterman is his fucking guest.

[pappukumar420]

.....funny.!...... people defending weird behaviour....here....creative people sure get away with crap behaviour....(like popsars etc.).........i mean if a president (bush) behaves in something similar...the same .people start calling him a jack ass....

[coolretro80s]

i dont find him odd, i find everyone else mundane and boring. sad culture we live in, where creative people are called weird and if you think outside of the box your SHUN, i believe we are all unique and should NOT SUPPRESS that fact. BE YOU AND FUCK EVERYONE ELSE.

[BabaHangedOS]

is it real people in audience?

[MrPenistickle]

@BabaHangedOS Yeah...

[thedezoe]

harmony was heavily into drugs during this time. he is really an interestng film maker though.

[DeJayPlp]

What drugs did he do?

[Bjarku]

@DeJayPlp heroin but heroin doesnt make you act like this, it makes you feel kind of confident and arrogant but not shy and weird like this

[DeJayPlp]

@Bjarku yeah, I read he did quite a bit of meth too, it said he burnt down his house when he was on it

[DuppyBruh]

the audiance at this show would lauph at dogshit on the floor

[dayidify]

He's clearly acting and Letterman plays along. Genius.

[OneSweetWorldLIOG]

Yuck. He's like someone's gross stepson. Why would he even bother being interviewed on tv...he's horrible at public speaking.

[OneSweetWorldLIOG]

Yuck.  He's like someone's gross stepson.

[soulshaker205]

Wtf did Chloe see in this guy?

[gdkeen]

obviously Letterman sometimes tries to provoke awkward situations...

it's cool to see somebody who consistently presented the same persona, as if he genuinely does not care about promoting himself to the mainstream, whether or not they (via Letterman) would consider him ridiculous.

[Ziplock74]

he's got a voice like a 9 year old smoker

[seansaysbleh]

this video never gets old. that book is a fucking arm and a leg.

[offamychain]

What the hell? Is this .... whoever he is .... high, having withdrawals, acting, really like that, or just really socially paranoid? I don't think he ever needs to consider public speaking.

[thejza666]

@offamychain "What the hell? Is this .... whoever he is"... ignorant ass!!. Harmony has more creativity in one hair on his head than you will have in a life time... i guess some people are to mainstream mind fucked to understand this.

[offamychain]

@thejza666 True, when it comes to making movies, he does, since I never claim to be a movie producer. Another user (one who has a mental level higher than 5th-grade) told me what he does. Since you exhausted your entire vocabulary in the lame insult towards me, I wouldn't have expected you to be able to say anything as complicated as, "He makes movies".

[tehsplunker]

somehow I watched kids and gummo without knowing who harmony Korine was. turns out he is the coolest person on earth. "some people I come into contact with, I can't stand"

[ILikeToMong]

His book costs a bomb now.

[AlexCartlidge]

@christianramz fuck off