Marking the 20th anniversary of Mysterious Skin ‘s theatrical release, writer and director Gregg Araki is revisiting one of his most emotionally raw films, which is now more timely than ever.

Ahead of Friday’s remastered 4K screening at the Academy Museum , Deadline caught up with ‘New Queer Cinema’ alum about presenting his 2004 sci-fi drama “exactly the way it is supposed to be” and knowing Michelle Trachtenberg ‘s performance will “live on forever” after her death at age 39 in February.

“When I found out that she passed, I was so shocked because she was such a ray of light, and so, watching the movie is gonna be really amazing and beautiful when we do the screening,” said Araki.

“But there’ll be a lot of tears, because one of the things for me about the movie is, it’s kin

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