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When Harmony Korine made “Gummo” a decade ago, the critics savaged him. One of New York’s most influential reviewers called it the worst film of 1997. On the other hand, when the German director Werner Herzog watched the scene in which a piece of bacon is taped to a wall above a bathtub, he pronounced Mr. Korine, a sometime skateboarder, screenwriter, and club kid, a genius. Only 24 at the time, the fledgling auteur had immediately cornered the market on polarizing gonzo weirdness.
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