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"Can you talk about controversy? Your films are kind of notoriously
controversial.

LC: Well, that’s not my fault. I’m trying to create a reality. Well, Wassup Rockers, the last half is pretty crazy, but generally I’m trying to create a reality that makes sense. People are afraid of reality. When I made Kids, come on, people went crazy. Saying, ‘This isn’t right. This is Larry’s fantasy. This isn’t what it’s like.’ And then all the kids said, ‘What’s the big deal? This is just what it’s like.’ It’s a secret world that I was showing you. And after Kids came out, all anyone has to do is read the papers over the next few years and I was right on, I was just early. And plus Hollywood is... there’s been films made with all of these subjects covered, but they make a joke out of it. They make these films and they can have sex and drugs and whatever you want to do. But if you make a joke out of it, it’s ok. But if you do it seriously, oh my god, some people get upset."

www.independent-magazine.org interview with Larry Clark