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What kind of movie premieres in a strip club? Harmony Korine's 'Aggro Dr1ft'

LOS ANGELES — When "Aggro Dr1ft," the latest provocation from auteur Harmony Korine, premiered at a string of prestigious film festivals last fall, it played at the Sala Grande in Venice, the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto and Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater in New York City. For the Los Angeles premiere of "Aggro Dr1ft" on Feb. 7, it played at Crazy Girls, a strip club just off ...
Director Harmony Korine, second from right, DJ's as he and others dress as characters from his new experimental film, "Aggro Dr1ft," after the movie's premiere at Crazy Girls strip club in Los Angeles on Feb. 7, 2024.

LOS ANGELES — When "Aggro Dr1ft," the latest provocation from auteur Harmony Korine, premiered at a string of prestigious film festivals last fall, it played at the Sala Grande in Venice, the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto and Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater in New York City.

For the Los Angeles premiere of "Aggro Dr1ft" on Feb. 7, it played at Crazy Girls, a strip club just off Sunset Boulevard.

It says something about the of Korine's work that it feels equally suited to a conventional theatrical setting as it does to this most unconventional of venues. Crazy Girls had five large video screens flanking one wall,

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