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The Doom Generation
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| Directed by | Gregg Araki |
| Produced by | Gregg Araki Andrea Sperling |
| Written by | Gregg Araki |
| Starring | James Duval Rose McGowan Johnathon Schaech |
| Music by | Dan Gatto |
| Cinematography | Jim Fealy |
| Editing by | Gregg Araki Kate McGowan |
| Distributed by | Trimark Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 27 October 1995 |
| Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | USA  |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Totally Fucked Up |
| Followed by | Nowhere |
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The Doom Generation is a film by director Gregg Araki. Released in 1995 it stars Rose McGowan, Johnathon Schaech and James Duval as two teenage and a 20-something punk drifters who get involved in a ménage à trois. It is the second of a trilogy of films known as the Teenage Apocalypse Trilogy, the first being Totally Fucked Up and the last Nowhere.
The film, low-budget and independently produced, was highly praised by the gay and lesbian community for its casual portrayal of fluid sexuality. It was Araki's first movie that dealt with heterosexual relationships. However, critics panned the picture for its extremely graphic violence and explicit sexuality.
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Jordan White (Duval) and Amy Blue (McGowan) are punk-rock lovers who pick up a handsome drifter named Xavier Red (Schaech) while driving home from a club. A late night stop at a convenience store leaves the three on the run when they accidentally trigger a homicidal rampage that leaves the store owner (played by Dustin Nguyen) and his entire family slaughtered.
Hiding out in a cheap motel the three go on the lam from the law. Amy begins having a sexual relationship with Xavier after Jordan loses his virginity to her, even though she and Xavier do not get along. Eventually Jordan finds out, and things get tense yet intriguing as the two guys obviously have a lingering sexual attraction for one another.
As they journey across small town U.S.A. the trio continue to get into situations of intentional violence due to people either claiming to be Amy's previous lovers or mistaking her for such.
Eventually the three spend the night in an abandoned barn where they are attacked by skinhead neonazis. One neonazi rapes Amy then castrates Jordan, then Amy breaks free and dispatches them all with a garden tool, apparently leaving Jordan for dead. Amy and Xavier drive off aimlessly into the sunset while eating Doritos.
- The film features cameos from a number of celebrities including Parker Posey, Heidi Fleiss, Christopher Knight (from "The Brady Bunch"), Margaret Cho, Perry Farrell, Amanda Bearse, industrial band Skinny Puppy and gay adult film stars Zak Spears and Rex Chandler.
- Every time the characters buy something in the film, it adds up to $6.66. Also, the street address of most of the locations visited is 666.
- Rose McGowan's character's name, Amy Blue, has been co-opted by the British alternative band.
Independent Spirit Awards nomination for Best Debut Performance - Rose McGowan
The Doom Generation was released on Region 1 DVD on August 5, 1998.
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