10 Great Films That Are Ugly On Purpose

Harmony Korine's cult classic Gummo is a movie that takes every provision possible to make the audience uncomfortable, as perhaps best defined by its general kitchen sink aesthetic.

Now in terms of pure cinematography, Jean-Yves Escoffier's work on the film meets every basic requirement of professional-level lighting and framing, but Korine ensures to fill almost every shot of the movie with visually discomforting imagery.

Whether it's the sickly colour palette, the jarring mixture of film stocks, or the nauseating simplicity of a boy sat in a filthy tub eating spaghetti and chugging down milk, Gummo is a rare skin-crawler of a film that's all the better for how unapologetically hideous it looks.

Given the film's depiction of lower-class nihilism in midwestern America, it's all too apt that the visuals are so convincingly, stomach-churningly low-rent.