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''[[The Doom Generation]]'' (1995) was a [[black comedy]] brimming with graphic violence, cultural [[symbolism]] and relentless [[eroticism]]. The film starred [[Rose McGowan]], [[Johnathon Schaech]] and [[James Duval]] (who had starred in ''Totally Fucked Up''), with cameos by indie favorite [[Parker Posey]], comedienne [[Margaret Cho]], ''[[21 Jump Street]]'' actor [[Dustin Nguyen]], ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'' star [[Christopher Knight]], ''[[The Love Boat]]'' star [[Lauren Tewes]], Hollywood madame [[Heidi Fleiss]] and musician [[Perry Farrell]]. While largely trashed by critics, the piece won a measure of respect in a number of circles and is available on [[DVD]] and [[VHS]] in both rated and unrated versions due to several sex scenes as well as the violent [[climax (narrative)|climax]].
''[[Nowhere (film)|Nowhere]]'' (1997) was described by its director as "A ''[[Beverly Hills 90210]]'' episode on [[LSD|acid]]." It centered around a group of bored, alienated Los Angeles teenagers during a typical day of kinky sex, drugs, and the requisite wild party. Duval, [[Rachel True]], Nathan Bexton, [[Debi Mazar]], [[Christina Applegate]], [[Heather Graham (actress)|Heather Graham]], [[Ryan Phillippe]], [[Jaason Simmons]], [[Scott Caan]] and [[Mena Suvari]] starred in the film, with cameos by [[Beverly D'Angelo]], ''[[The Facts of Life (TV series)|Facts of Life]]'' star [[Charlotte Rae]], [[Traci Lords]], [[Shannen Doherty]], [[Rose McGowan]], [[John Ritter]] and ''[[International Male]]'' and fitness model [[Brian Buzzini]].
Araki's subsequent effort, the [[romantic comedy]] ''[[Splendor]]'', told the story of a woman ([[Kathleen Robertson]]) who cannot choose between two men ([[Johnathon Schaech]] and [[Matt Keeslar]]) and so decides to live with them both. ''Splendor'' was both a response to the controversy surrounding his relationship with Robertson and an homage to [[screwball comedy film|screwball comedies]] of the 1940s and '50s. Hailed as the director's most optimistic film to date, it made its premiere at the 1999 [[Sundance Film Festival]].
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