Mysterious Skin

Directed by Gregg Araki

Neil and Brian are two youths from Kansas. Neil embraces a daring, thrill-seeking lifestyle, while Brian becomes obsessed with an alien encounter.
Based on the novel Mysterious Skin by Scott Heim. Buy the book on Amazon.

Mysterious Skin

Directed by Gregg Araki

Neil and Brian are two youths from Kansas. Neil embraces a daring, thrill-seeking lifestyle, while Brian becomes obsessed with an alien encounter.
Based on the novel Mysterious Skin by Scott Heim. Buy the book on Amazon.

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Gregg Araki’s Mysterious Skin is devastating, difficult and unforgettable. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Brady Corbet play two young men marked by childhood trauma in different ways, and the film’s unflinching treatment of sexuality, memory and abuse has made it one of the most powerful gay films of the 2000s.