That Gregg Araki, he sure does make a sexy movie. Not to mention pretty goofy and fun. His pop culture allegiances also strike right to the heart of the teenage New Waver that would later become Sparky. Unfortunately, most of his stuff isn’t out (ba dump bump!) on DVD yet, so it looks like it’ll be a while more before I finally get to see Nowhere or Totally Fucked Up (no asterisks for this cat).
Also, check out the ultimately happy story of Rusty. It’s cute.