The Doom Generation

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The Doom Generation

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.

1 Plot
2 Trivia
3 Awards and nominations
4 DVD release
5 External link

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

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 even though the two 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, often because Amy is constantly being mistaken for other women whom she apparently resembles. Eventually the three spend the night in an abandoned barn where they are attacked by skinhead nazis. They rape Amy and castrate and kill Jordan, then are dispatched by Xavier. Amy and Xavier aimlessly drive off into the sunset, eating Doritos.

[edit] Trivia

The film features cameos from a number of celebrities including Parker Posey, Heidi Fleiss, Christopher Knight (from "The Brady Bunch"), 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.