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Who else managed to capture their audience so perfectly as John Hughes? What other filmmakers nailed it with as many films aimed at the same audience?
Originally posted by Crakeur
I'm shocked nobody else is taking interest in this. Must be me. I've been known to kill a thread or two in my day.
Movies That Define A Generation
Originally posted by kidflash2008
The movie that really defined a generation was the movie classic "Easy Rider" directed by Dennis Hopper. No one had done a movie that really looked at what the young people of the time were thinking. They were either parodies or the Hollywood stereotype with kids using writers lingo.
"Easy Rider" is a fascinating movie to watch from start to finish with an awesome soundtrack.
Originally posted by kidflash2008
While Matt Dillon is used to sell it, the main character is a 15 year old boy named Carl (played by Michael Kramer). It is an excellent movie that was made in 1979 and I always identify with the characters in here. I was 16 at the time when this one was made. An excellent look at a movie that is not sugar coated like John Hughes tended to do.
the problem with American Grafitti, which is an amazing film, and a classic, is that it takes place in the 60's but it was made in the 70's. It captures a generation well but it doesn't define it's own generation in that it came out during that generation.
Christiane occasionally witnesses strange occurrences, such as a gigantic Coca-Cola advertisement banner unfurling on a building outside the apartment. With Dennis, Alex edits old tapes of East German news broadcasts and creates fake reports on TV (played from a video machine hidden in an adjacent room) to explain these odd events. Since the old news shows were fairly predictable, and Christiane's memory is vague, she is initially fooled.