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Call No: 71(73) LEV
Author: Levy, Emanuel, 1947
Source: US
Place: New York
Publisher: New York University Press
PubDate: c1999
PhysDes: xiii, 601 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Subject: INDEPENDENT FILMS. USA; HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA. USA; OUTSIDERS IN FILMS; MEN IN FILMS; FILM NOIR; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA. USA; TYPE CHARACTERS IN FILMS; COMEDIES. USA; BLACKS AND THE CINEMA. US; BLACKS IN FILMS. USA; YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CINEMA; FESTIVALS. PARK CITY. SUNDANCE; ARAKI, GREGG; NUNEZ, VICTOR; BROOKS, ALBERT; SMITH, KEVIN; COEN, JOEL & ETHAN; FERRARA, ABEL; WATERS, JOHN (US); HARTLEY, HAL; HAYNES, TODD; JARMUSCH, JIM; JOST, JON; LEE, SPIKE; LINKLATER, RICHARD; LYNCH, DAVID; MAMET, DAVID; NAIR, MIRA; SAYLES, JOHN; CASSAVETES, NICK; SODERBERGH, STEVEN; SOLONDZ, TODD; SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE (US, Steven Soderbergh, 1989); BLOOD SIMPLE (US, Joel Coen, 1984); BOYZ N THE HOOD (US, John Singleton, 1991); IN THE COMPANY OF MEN (US, Neil Labute, 1997); GAS FOOD LODGING (US, Allison Anders, 1992); PULP FICTION (US, Quentin Tarantino, 1994); RESERVOIR DOGS (US, Quentin Tarantino, 1992); MEAN STREETS (US, Martin Scorsese, 1973)
Summary: "Cinema of Outsiders is the first and only comprehensive chronicle of contemporary independent movies from the late 1970s up to the present. From the hip, audacious early works of maverick David Lynch, Jim Jarmusch, and Spike Lee, to the contemporary Oscar-winning success of indie dynamos, such as the Coen brothers (Fargo), Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction), and Billy Bob Thornton (Sling Blade), Levy describes in a lucid and accessible manner the innovation and diversity of American indies in theme, sensibility, and style."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 539-571) and index
ISBN: 0814751237 (alk. paper)
LON: 20253533

Call No: 451-058.6 KIN
Author: King, James
Source: UK
Place: London
Publisher: Constable
PubDate: 2018
PhysDes: xi, 452 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Subject: TEEN FILM; TEEN FILMS; YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CINEMA; YOUNG PEOPLE IN FILMS; HISTORY OF CINEMA; HISTORY OF CINEMA. USA; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1980's; BACON, KEVIN; COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD; BRODERICK, MATTHEW; CROWE, CAMERON; CRUISE, TOM; DILLON, MATT; ESTEVEZ, EMILIO; FOSTER, JODIE; HECKERLING, AMY; HUGHES, JOHN (US); LEE, SPIKE; LOWE, ROB; MUSIC TELEVISION UF MTV; PENN, SEAN; RINGWALD, MOLLY; TRAVOLTA, JOHN; ZEMECKIS, ROBERT; BACK TO THE FUTURE (US, Robert Zemeckis, 1985); FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (US, Amy Heckerling, 1982); GREASE (US, Randal Kleisner, 1978); GREMLINS (US, Joe Dante, 1984); LOST BOYS, THE (US, Joel Schumacher, 1987); OUTSIDERS, THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1983); PRETTY IN PINK (US, Howard Deutch, 1986); RISKY BUSINESS (US, Paul Brickman, 1983); RIVER'S EDGE (US, Tim Hunter, 1986); SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (US, John Badham, 1977); SIXTEEN CANDLES (US, John Hughes, 1984)
Summary: "Take a trip back to the era of troubled teens and awesome soundtracks; of Reagan, rap and Ridgemont High; of MTV, VHS and 'Axel F'; of outsiders, lost boys and dead poets; of Bill and Ted, Brooke Shields and the Brat Pack; of three Porky's, two Coreys and one summer when everyone called her Baby . . . Fast Times and Excellent Adventures goes behind the scenes of a genre where cult hits mingled with studio blockbusters, where giants like Spielberg and Coppola rubbed shoulders with baby-faced first-timers and where ambitious future superstars Sean, Demi and Tom all got their big break. Music, comedy and politics - all play a part in the surprisingly complex history of the '80s teen movie. And while the films might have been aimed primarily at adolescents, the best tackle universal issues and remain a magnet to all ages. Time of your life, huh kid? From a late '70s Hollywood in flux to an early '90s indie scene that gave youth cinema a timely reboot, respected film expert James King smartly highlights the personal struggles, the social changes and the boardroom shake-ups that produced an iconic time in movie history" -- BOOK BACK COVER
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN: 9781472123725

Call No: 744.7 FEM
Author: Radner, Hilary; Stringer, Rebecca
Source: US
Place: London ; New York
Publisher: Routledge
PubDate: 2011
PhysDes: ix, 310 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subject: BISEXUALITY IN FILMS; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA; GENRES; HOLLYWOOD; HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA; HOMOSEXUALITY IN FILMS; IDENTITY IN FILMS; JAMES BOND IN FILMS; MARRIAGE IN FILMS; MASCULINITY IN FILMS; MUSIC IN FILMS; POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA; RACE AND THE CINEMA; SEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA; WOMEN AND THE CINEMA; WOMEN DIRECTORS; WOMEN FILMMAKERS; YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CINEMA; YOUNG PEOPLE IN FILMS; 13 GOING ON 30 (US, Gary Winick, 2004); BABY MAMA (US, Michael McCullers, 2008); BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM (UK, Gurinda Chadha, 2002); BRAVE ONE, THE (US/AT, Neil Jordan, 2007); BRIDE WARS (US, Gary Winick, 2009); CASINO ROYALE (CZ/US/UK, Martin Campbell, 2006); ENCHANTED (US, KEVIN LIMA, 2007); FORTY YEAR OLD VIRGIN, THE (US, Judd Apatow, 2005); FRIENDS WITH MONEY (US, Nicole Holofcener, 2006); HARD CANDY (US, David Slade, 2005); JUNO (US/CN, Jason Reitman 2007); KISSING JESSICA STEIN (US, Charles Herman-Wurmfeld, 2001); MARIE ANTOINETTE (US, Sofia Coppola, 2006); MICHAEL CLAYTON (US, Tony Gilroy, 2007); MISS CONGENIALITY (US, Donald Petrie, 2000); SECRET LIFE OF BEES (US, Gina Prince-Bythewood, 2008); SEX AND THE CITY: THE MOVIE (US, MICHAEL PATRICK KING, 2008); SINGLE MAN, A (US, Tom Ford, 2009); SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELLING PANTS, THE (US, Ken Kwapis, 2005); WAR OF THE WORLDS (US, Steven Spielberg, 2005)
Summary: "Feminism at the Movies: Understanding Gender in Contemporaty Popular Cinema examines the way that contemporary film reflects today's changing gender roles. The book offers a comprehensive overview of the central issues in feminist film criticism with analyses of over twenty popular contemporary films across a range of genres, such as chick flicks, teen pics, hommecoms, horror, action adventure, indie flicks, and women lawyer films. Contributors explore issues of masculinity as well as femininity, reflecting on the interface of popular cinema with gendered realities and feminist ideas. Topics include the gendered political economy of cinema, the female director as auteur, postfeminist fatherhood, consumer culture, depictions of professional women, transgender, sexuality, gendered violence, and the intersections of gender, race, and ethnic identities." - BOOK BLURB
Notes: Includes list of figures, bibliographical references and index
ISBN: 9780415895880
Contents: List of figures -- Acknowledgements; Introduction: "Re-vision"?: Feminist film criticism in the twenty-first century / Hilary Radner and Rebecca Stringer; Part I: Masculinity in question -- "The first Bond who bleeds, literally and metaphorically": gendered spectatorship for "pretty boy" action movies / Janet Staiger -- Queer memories and universal emotions: A Single Man (2009) / Michael DeAngelis -- "Lad flicks": discursive reconstruction of masculinity in popular film / David Hansen-Miller and Rosalind Gill -- Transamerica (2005): the road to the multiplex after New Queer Cinema / Gary Needham; Part II: New feminine subjects: a space for women? -- Enchanted (2007) by postfeminism: gender, irony, and new romantic comedy / Yvonne Tasker -- Neoliberal feminism in Miss Congeniality (2000) / Yael D Sherman -- Girls' sexualities in The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants universe: feminist challenges and missed opportunities / Sarah Projansky -- Michael Clayton (2007): women lawyers betrayed - again / Taunya Lovell Banks -- Crossing race, crossing sex in Gurinder Chadha's Bend It Like Beckham (2002): managing anxiety in multicultural Britain / Mridula Nath Chakraborty -- Speaking the name of the father in the neo-romantic comedy: 13 Going On 30 (2004) / Hilary Radner; Part III: Consuming culture(s) -- No country for old women: gendering cinema in conglomerate Hollywood / Rob Schaap -- Music and the woman's film: Sex and the City: The Movie (2008) / Peter Stapleton -- Independence at what cost? Economics and desire in Nicole Holofcener's Friends With Money (2006) / Michele Schreiber -- The feminist politics of Sofia Coppola: spectacle and self-consciousness in Marie Antoinette (2006) / Christine Lane and Nicole Richter; Part IV: Relationships, identity and family -- "Eggs in many baskets": Juno (2007), Baby Mama (2008), and the new intimacies of reproduction / JaneMaree Maher -- Temporarily Kissing Jessica Stein (2001): negotiating (and negating) lesbian sexuality in popular film / Kelly Kessler -- "Die, Bridezilla, die!": Bride Wars (2009), wedding envy, and chick flicks / Heather Brook -- Extreme parenting: recuperating fatherhood in Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds (2005) / Hannah Hamad; Part V: Gender and violence -- Kinship and racist violence in Gina Prince-Blythwood's The Secret Life of Bees (2008) / Ewa Plonowska Ziarek -- From victim to vigilante: gender, violence, and revenge in The Brave One (2007) and Hard Candy (2005) / Rebecca Stringer -- "When the woman looks": Haute Tension (2003) and the horrors of heteronormativity / Barry Keith Grant; Contributors -- Index

Call No: 626:159.964.2 LEB
Author: Lebeau, Vicky, 1963
Place: London New York
Publisher: Routledge
PubDate: 1995
PhysDes: 172 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Subject: PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE CINEMA; YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CINEMA; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA; SPECTATORSHIP; COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD; ELLIS, BRET EASTON; HINTON, S.E.; FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF (US, John Hughes, 1986); RIVER'S EDGE (US, Tim Hunter, 1986); RUMBLE FISH (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1983); OUTSIDERS, THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1983)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [160]-165) and index
ISBN: 0415107210 (pbk.); 0415107202
LON: 10868509

Call No: 409.1(94) GOT
Author: Gottschall, Kristina
Source: AT
PubDate: 2011
PhysDes: xiv, 347 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm
Subject: AUSTRALIA; POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA; YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CINEMA; YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA
Summary: "This thesis is part of a move to rethink the normalising subjectivating processes that constitute the 'youth' subject. Through a conceptualisation of popular film as pedagogy and feminist and post-structuralist theories on subjectivity, popular film culture is considered as being profoundly geared towards the practices of subject formation and (self-)governmentality. As a context where we learn about the self, our culture and our place within it, popular film is understood as a profoundly pedagogical space and complex set of relationships where subjectivities are made and remade. Far from a simple act of transmission, film's knowledges and forms of address meet its audience but 'misfire' due to the indeterminate and unpredictable encounters between film/makers, audiences and cultural politics. The study begins by returning to key work on pedagogy and popular culture, by engaging in key debates between cultural studies and education. Drawing attention to pedagogy as modes of production and conditions of learning, this thesis asks how film as pedagogy might work and how such learning might occur. Reconceptualising Henry Giroux's notion of film as teaching machine through a 'post-critical' sense of pedagogy as relational, contextual and indeterminate (after Elizabeth Ellsworth and others), the dissertation mobilises a more nuanced pedagogy than is usually found in public pedagogies' scholarship from a critical theory perspective. Further, the work of Michel Foucault and Judith Butler are drawn on to argue that popular film is a technology of the self, geared towards subjectification." (ABSTRACT, p. xi)
Notes: "A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy"; Thesis (PhD)--Charles Sturt University, 2011; Includes bibliographical references (p. 309 - 345)
Contents: --1. Introduction -- 2. Film as teaching machine?: pedagogy, popular film & subjectivity -- 3. Questions of method or confessions of a cultural studies junkie -- 4. Larrikin Pedagogue: Ben Mendeldohn and young Aussie manhood -- 5. 'Old enough to know better': learning to become men in Idiot Box -- 6. 'On the brink' : learning lessons about becoming a woman in Caterpillar Wish, Peaches & somersault -- 7. 'You can't get clean water from a dirty tank': the 'Bad girl' of Suburban Mayhem -- 8. 'May you live normally ever after': youth-hood, generation, and pedagogy -- 9. Conclusions and (re)visions --references -- filmography -- appendix 1 - Ben Mendelsohn filmography -- appendix II --

Author: Burton, Lee
PhysDes: Article; Illustration(s)
Subject: MEDIA. AUSTRALIA; YOUNG PEOPLE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; STATISTICS. AUSTRALIA
Summary: Burton argues that young Australians are media literate, which makes them a discerning media audience. Recent statistical and qualitative studies are discussed.

Call No: 451-053.6 LEW
Author: Lewis, Jon, 1955
Place: New York
Publisher: Routledge
PubDate: 1992
PhysDes: 173 p. ; 24 cm
Subject: YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CINEMA; YOUNG PEOPLE IN FILMS; TEEN FILMS
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-167) and index
ISBN: 0415904269 : $45.00; 0415904277 (pbk.) : $14.95
LON: 92003311; 8854029
ID2: 275

Author: Brabazon, Tara
PhysDes: Article; Illustration(s)
Subject: SOCIETY AND THE CINEMA; YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CINEMA; POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA; FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF (US, John Hughes, 1986)
Summary: Examines how cultural theories have attempted to deal with the phenomenon of Generation X subculture.

Call No: 81SPI MOT
Author: Mott, Donald R; Saunders, Cheryl McAllister
Source: UK
Place: Bromley, Kent
Publisher: Columbus
PubDate: 1986
PhysDes: xv, 199 p. ; 22 cm
Series: Columbus filmmakers
Subject: DIRECTORS; SUBURBS IN FILMS; YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CINEMA; SPIELBERG, STEVEN; LUCAS, GEORGE; CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (US, Steven Spielberg, 1977); DUEL (US, Steven Spielberg, 1972); E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (US, Steven Spielberg, 1982); INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (US, Steven Spielberg, 1984); JAWS (US, Steven Spielberg, 1975); 1941 (US, Stephen Spielberg, 1979); POLTERGEIST (US, Tobe Hooper, 1982); RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (US, Steven Spielberg, 1981); SUGARLAND EXPRESS, THE (US, Steven Spielberg, 1974); TWILIGHT ZONE THE MOVIE (US, John Landis & Steven Spielberg & George Miller & Joe Dante, 1983)
Summary: "Steven Spielberg (1947 - ) made his first film at the age of 12, and by age 27 his second film for the commercial cinema, JAWS, was breaking all existing box-office records. In the decade since then, his reputation as an inventive filmmaker with an unerring gift for knowing what will attract the paying customer has gone from strength to strength. Spielberg's technical assurance and gift for creating dazzling special effects are matched by his ability to interpret stories with the kind of pace and style that brooks no resistance. He has with some justification been called 'a magician in the age of the movies', yet despite his phenomenal success as a commercial filmmaker (no less than four of his films are among the top fifteen top money-making films of all time), he has been conspicuous by his absence in the lists of Academy Award winners. Is he, as some critics claim, merely the 'General Motors of kids movies', or will the next decade see him make a successful move into directing films with adult themes?" [Book blurb]
Notes: American cinema films. Directing. Spielberg, Steven. - Critical studies (BNB/PRECIS); Includes Index; Bibliography: p. 170-176; Filmography: p. 177-187
ISBN: 0862872375 (pbk) : ª5.95
LON: bnb86287237; 4636614

Call No: 451-053.6 KAV
Author: Kaveney, Roz
Source: US/UK
Place: London ; New York
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
PubDate: copyright 2006
PhysDes: viii, 191 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject: DRUGS IN FILMS; FAMILY IN FILMS; RACE AND THE CINEMA; SEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA; TEEN FILM; TEEN FILMS; YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CINEMA; YOUNG PEOPLE IN FILMS; CLUELESS (US, Amy Heckerling, 1995); HEATHERS (US, Michael Lehmann, 1989); VERONICA MARS [TV] (US, 2004)
Summary: "Starting with the groundbreaking John Hughes movies of the 1980s, and with Lehman and Waters' sardonic comedy Heathers, Kaveney discusses the evolution of themes like the Mean Girl and the loss of virginity. She examines the metamorphosis of Jane Austen's novel Emma into the Beverly Hills comedy Clueless and the way the American Pie trilogy has subverted the gross-out sex comedy into a lesson in sexual manners. She looks at the link between these films and some of the most innovative teen television of the last two decades, including Popular, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the teen detective show Veronica Mars. In the process, she demonstrates how teen films and tv series deal with the tragic and comic undersides of the American dream."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes indexes.
ISBN: 9781845111847
Contents: Teen dreams: the critic at the prom -- John Hughes and the creation of a genre -- The friends who are bad for you: Heathers -- The heirs of Heather: Cordelia, Nicole and other mean girls -- The canon as teen dream: Clueless and others -- The trouble with boys -- On being good at things: female competence and sexuality -- Watching the teen detective: Veronica Mars.

Call No: 451-053.6 DRI
Author: Driscoll, Catherine
Edition: English
Source: UK/US
Place: Oxford
Publisher: Berg
PubDate: 2011
PhysDes: ix, 198 p. : ill., port. ; 24 cm
Series: Film Genres
Subject: YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CINEMA; YOUNG PEOPLE IN FILMS; YOUNG PEOPLE, FILMS FOR; CRITICISM; TEEN FILMS
Summary: "What makes a film a teen film? And why, when it represents such powerful and enduring ideas about youth and adolescence, is teen film usually viewed as culturally insignificant? Teen film is usually discussed as a representation of the changing American teenager, highlighting the institutions of high school and the nuclear family and experiments in sexual development and identity formation. But not every film featuring these components is a teen film and not every teen film is American. Arguing that teen film is always a story about becoming a citizen and a subject, Teen Film presents a new history of the genre, surveys the existing body of scholarship, and introduces key critical tools for discussing teen film. Surveying a wide range of films including The Wild One, Heathers, Akira and Donnie Darko, the book's central focus is on what kind of adolescence teen film represents, and on teen film's capacity to produce new and influential images of adolescence"-- BOOK BLURB
Notes: Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-192), filmography (p. 177-182) and index
ISBN: 9781847886866
Donation: Donated by Alex Gionfriddo, 2013
Contents: -- list of illustrations -- acknowledgments -- introduction: the adolescent industry: 'teen' and 'film' -- pt. I Histories -- 1.Modernism, Cinema, Adolescence -- 2.The Teenager and Teenage Film -- 3.Inventing `Teen Film' -- pt. II Film Teens -- 4.Rites of Passage -- 5.Teen Types and Stereotypes -- 6.Teenage Wasteland -- pt. III Liminal Teen Film -- 7.Classification -- 8.Adaptability -- 9.Which Teen/Film? -- notes -- annotated guide to further reading -- filmography -- bibliography -- index --
ID2: 274

Call No: 451-053.6(73) SHA
Author: Shary, Timothy
Source: US/UK
Place: London ; New York
Publisher: Wallflower Press
PubDate: copyright 2005
PhysDes: 125 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Series: Short Cuts ; 28
Subject: TEEN FILM; TEEN FILMS; YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CINEMA; YOUNG PEOPLE IN FILMS; HISTORY OF CINEMA. USA; BREAKFAST CLUB, THE (US, John Hughes, 1985); REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (US, Nicholas Ray, 1955); CARRIE (US, Brian De Palma, 1976); HEATHERS (US, Michael Lehmann, 1989)
Summary: "Teen Movies: American Youth on Screen is a detailed look at the depiction of teens on film, of the influence they have had in and on cinema and the different impact they have had throughout film's history. Timothy Shary looks at the development of the teen movie from the earliest days of cinema - the rebellion, the romance, the sex and the horror - up to the modern-day portrayal of ever-changing youth. Films studied include Rebel Without a Cause (1955), Splendor in the Grass (1961), Carrie (1976), The Breakfast Club (1985), I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) and American Pie (1999)."--BOOK BACK COVER
Notes: "A Wallflower paperback"--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-118) and index
ISBN: 9781904764496
Contents: -- acknowledgments -- introduction -- 1 The teen film in its infancy, 1895-1948 -- 2 The teen film matures, 1949-1967 -- 3 Youth film rebels, 1968-1979 -- 4 Teen cinema is reborn in abundance, 1978-1995 -- 5 The teen film takes on a new century, 1994-2004 -- conclusion -- notes -- bibliography -- index --

Call No: December 1962
CorpAuthor: Teen Screen Magazine
Source: US
Place: Hollywood, CA
Publisher: Teen Screen Magazine, Inc
Subject: USA. 1960's; YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CINEMA; YOUNG PEOPLE IN FILMS; YOUNG PEOPLE, FILMS FOR

Call No: 451-053.6 DOH
Author: Doherty, Thomas Patrick; Doherty, Thomas Patrick. Teenagers and teenpics, 1955-1960
Place: Boston
Publisher: Unwin Hyman
PubDate: 1988
PhysDes: xi, 275 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Series: Media and popular culture ; 3
Subject: YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CINEMA; YOUNG PEOPLE IN FILMS; TEEN FILMS
Notes: Revision of thesis (Ph. D.--University of Iowa, 1984) under title: Teenagers and teenpics, 1955-1960; Filmography: p. 245-261; Includes bibliographies and indexes
ISBN: 0044451407 (pbk.); 0044451393
LON: 88004412; 5793379
ID2: 275

Call No: 451-053.6 GOR
Author: Gora, Susannah
Edition: First Paperback edition
Source: US
Place: New York
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
PubDate: 2010
PhysDes: xiv, 367 pages ; 25 cm
Subject: TEEN FILM; TEEN FILMS; YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CINEMA; YOUNG PEOPLE IN FILMS; CRITICISM; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1980's; HUGHES, JOHN (US); SIXTEEN CANDLES (US, John Hughes, 1984); BREAKFAST CLUB, THE (US, John Hughes, 1985); PRETTY IN PINK (US, Howard Deutch, 1986); FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF (US, John Hughes, 1986); SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL (US, Howard Deutch, 1987); SAY ANYTHING (US, Cameron Crowe, 1989); ST. ELMO'S FIRE (US, Joel Schumacher, 1985)
Summary: " From Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, and St. Elmo's Fire to Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Say Anything, the films of the Brat Pack have influenced an entire generation who still want to believe life always turns out like an eighties movie. You Couldn't ignore Me If You Tried takes us back to that golden age of youth cinema, telling for the first time the complete story behind how these films were made. Through original and revealing interviews with scores of key players like Molly Ringwald, Matthew Broderick, Judd Nelson, Anthony Michael Hall, Andrew McCarthy, Rob Lowe, John Cusack, Cameron Crowe, and Ally Sheedy, author Susannah Gora has crafted a sweeping tribute to a body of films that stirred an entire generation and a gripping account of the people who brought these films to life." -- BOOK BACK COVER
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN: 9780307716606
Contents: -- acknowledgments -- introduction -- Nothing compares to Hughes: teen cinema and the man who would change it forever -- Eternal flame: Sixteen Candles lights up the screen -- Breakfast of champions: The Breakfast Club": "breaks the rules, bares their souls," and revolutionizes the teen film genre -- Not just for Breakfast anymore: inside the heat of St. Elmo's Fire -- Becoming "The Brat Pack": a magazine writer coins the term that permanently labels young Hollywood -- Sitting Pretty: Ringwald and Hughes reteam for Pretty in Pink, a rose-tinted look at teenage love -- We got the beat: behind the music of the Brat Pack films -- I love Ferris in the springtime: Ferris Bueller crafts the perfect day off before graduating from high school, and John Hughes graduates from directing teen films -- Teens in Wonderland: the drama behind Some Kind of Wonderful -- The end of the innocence: the Brat Pack makes the tough transition to adulthood, while John Hughes's power in Hollywood grows -- -- Anything, and everything: in the last of the great eighties youth films, Cameron Crowe and John Cusack Say Anything about the passion of young love -- Pack to the future: the eighties become the nineties, John Hughes becomes the creator of one of the highest-grossing comedies of all time, and the Brat Pack actors become the people they are today -- Life moves pretty fast: John Hughes's final years -- Don't you forget about me: how the Brat Pack and their films changed a generation -- When the light gets into your heart -- notes -- index --

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Subject: YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CINEMA
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