With Intolerance, Griffith tried to combine four different narratives that could very well have constituted four separate films. Because of this strange structure, the film violated some of the golden rules of Hollywood classicism that were just taking shape: it was not sufficiently narrative driven; the moral lesson sidelined the development of the characters; and above all, the viewer’s ability to identify with the story was frustrated by the frequent shifts from one narrative to the other.

That is what Harmony Korine has done in recent years: he’s been tearing down all the main features of what we used to call film, and what he has emerged with is Aggro Dr1ft.

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