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The Doom Generation is a film with a schizophrenic portrayal of time. It depicts a neon nightmare, following three drug-obsessed teens who behead someone and then go on the run from the police. The characters experience dissociation from reality, receiving warnings through billboards and signs. The film is violent but doesn't glorify it; the characters quickly forget about the blood when they're in a motel or car. The director, Araki, uses editing to create a disjointed and hazy drug-induced state. The presentation of time in The Doom Generation is schizophrenic. The film is a neon nightmare, a bad trip. It follows three drug-obsessed teens on the run from the cops after they literally behead a quickie Mark Teller. The characters dissociate in and out of reality as someone or something is leaving them warnings in the form of they-live type billboards and signs. The film is violent, but it doesn't revel in it. It's passive. The characters forget about the blood the minute they enter a motel or their car. Araki uses editing to achieve this disjointed, hazy drug state that the film's chosen.