Totally Fucked Up + They are lost to vision altogether

Provocateur Gregg Araki excavates the troubled world of gay teenagers in his cornerstone contribution to the Queer New Wave.

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They are lost to vision altogether (1989)
Dir. Tom Kalin
13min, digital

This 1989 short serves as erotic retaliation to the Helms Amendment, which codified the US government’s refusal to fund explicit AIDS prevention information for gay men, lesbians, and IV drug users.

Totally F***ed Up (1993)
Dir. Gregg Araki
78min, DCP
With James Duval, Roko Belic, Susan Behshid

In the first entry into his “Teenage Apocolypse” film trilogy, provocateur Gregg Araki excavates the troubled world of gay teenagers, tackling head-on the disproportionately high rate of suicide among gay youth. Blending 16mm and camcorder video, the film follows the romantic lives of six characters as they find strength and belonging among themselves. Described by Araki as “a kinda cross between avant-garde experimental cinema and a queer John Hughes flick,” Totally F***ed Up was shot with virtually no crew and is considered a cornerstone contribution to the Queer New Wave.