Totally F***ED UP

Part of the RADICAL 90s special series

Andy: Greenhouse effect, acid rain, nuclear waste, no more ozone, the whole planet is lost. I give it five years at most.

Sex, drugs, and alienation. Apocalypse, AIDS, and teenage angst. Death is strange! TOTALLY F***ED UP is “another gay film by Gregg Araki” and the first installment of his “Teen Apocalypse Trilogy.”

15 fragments of a film. An ensemble of young queer people monologuing into the video camera in mockumentary style. Consumerism, progress, and neoliberal lies about boundless self-expression and individuality stand in stark contrast to their slice-of-life depictions of exclusion, illness, death, and disillusionment. The film about a youth that believes it has nothing left to lose...

“One of the most enduring works of provocative, provocative queer indie films can be found in the work of Gregg Araki.”
Geoff King