Synopsis: Teenager rebelling from her dysfunctional parents
Directors: Dennis Hopper
Actors: Dennis Hopper, Linda Manz, Sharon Farrell, Raymond Burr
Date: 1980
How viewed: Lovefilm watch online
Rating: 3/5
David Meyer says:
It's a scorching portrait of dysfunctional family life, love and infidelity. Extremely smart, instinctive and visceral film-making.
I say:
This film depicts a teenagers rebellion against the things she sees in her parents and their friends - drink, drugs, infidelity - and she escapes into punk music (and oddly, Elvis). I wasn't convinced by Ceebee (Manz) - her aggression didn't feel real, she seemed too nice a lot of the time. It certainly seemed a far cry from the extremes of today's youth! Hopper is always worth the entrance fee (does he play drugged/drunk well, or is that how he actually was?), and Raymond Burr was a calm centre of the storm. I always wonder what message a film is trying to tell us - this one probably was: 'try to avoid having Dennis Hopper as your Dad'!
This film depicts a teenagers rebellion against the things she sees in her parents and their friends - drink, drugs, infidelity - and she escapes into punk music (and oddly, Elvis). I wasn't convinced by Ceebee (Manz) - her aggression didn't feel real, she seemed too nice a lot of the time. It certainly seemed a far cry from the extremes of today's youth! Hopper is always worth the entrance fee (does he play drugged/drunk well, or is that how he actually was?), and Raymond Burr was a calm centre of the storm. I always wonder what message a film is trying to tell us - this one probably was: 'try to avoid having Dennis Hopper as your Dad'!
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