Letterman said he would consider bringing Korine back now that he's no longer 'off the rails.' Korine most recently directed 'Spring Break,' but is also known for directing 'Gummo' and writing 'Kids. Harmony Korine Explains Why 'We’re Living Closer to Science Fiction Than Ever Before': 25 years after ‘Gummo,’ Hypebeast learns where the visionary’s mind is at today. 'Harmony is a very sane guy,' said Franco, admitting that when the incident happened about 10 years ago, Korine was 'a little out of it … going a little off the rails,' and he might have been 'on something.' Harmony Korine is available for online reading from March 16 through April 15 as part of Artist Spotlight. RELATED: Letterman Banned Guest Harmony Korine: Other Banned Guests in Talk Show History In 2013, while James Franco was promoting the Korine-directed Spring Breakers, Franco asked David Letterman to comment on the rumor that Korine had been banned from appearing on Letterman’s talk show during the late 1990s. Korine’s early appearances as a guest on The Late Show with David Letterman, introducing startled television viewers to a confrontational master of everyday beauty and repulsion, are the stuff of legend. Letterman said he found Korine rooting through Streep's purse in her dressing room. He went to the studio, but did not appear on the show.įranco said Korine had told him he was banned for pushing Streep back stage. And Letterman proved unexpectedly forthright: he claimed that he caught Korine, now 40, in Streep’s green room, rifling through her purse.

I guess it’s controversial, he said of the film, through an awkward smile. David Letterman Caught Guest Harmony Korine Looking In Meryl Streeps Purse Backstage. Korine, who had appeared on the show multiple times in the 1990s, was bumped the last time by Meryl Streep. In 1995, aged just 19, he joined the Late Show with David Letterman ’s sofa as part of a Kids media junket. A video about A Crackup at the Race Riots by Harmony Korine - 612 views - 2 people liked it. Author: Harmony Korine Book: A Crackup at the Race Riots.

When 'Spring Breakers' star James Franco appeared as a guest on 'The Late Show' Tuesday night, David Letterman told him why he banned Franco's friend, director Harmony Korine, from his show. Harmony Korine on the Late Show with David Letterman.

Letterman banned guest Harmony Korine: 'Gummo' and 'Spring Breakers' director Harmony Korine was banned from 'The Late Show With David Letterman' after Letterman caught him rooting through Meryl Streep's purse.

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