THU, JUN 5 / 9:30 pm
FRI & SAT, JUN 6 & 7 / 9 pm
SUN, JUN 8 / 7 pm
Directed By Matt Wolf
2013, USA, 78 min
An energetic and unconventional essay film about the prehistory of the teenager. Based on punk author Jon Savage’s 2007 book “Teenage: The Creation of Youth 1875–1945”, Wolf’s film utilizes a complimentary blend of archival collage, recited diary entries and dramatization to tell the story of four ‘case studies’ in adolescence before the rock n’ roll era most commonly associated with the invention of the teenager: Brenda Dean Paul, a self-destructive ‘Bright Young Thing’; Melita Maschmann, an idealistic Hitler Youth; Tommie Scheel, a rebellious German swing kid; and Warren Wall, a black Boy Scout – all bolstered by a contemporary score courtesy of Bradford Cox (Deerhunter, Atlas Sound).
