The result is a film that goes beyond the enduring stereotypes of high college to render complex people trying to find their way into adulthood. Hannah Bailey is smart and beautiful, but a …
Jul 30, 2008 · "American Teen" observes a year in the life of four high college seniors in Warsaw, Ind. It is presented as a documentary, and indeed these students, their friends and families are all real people, and these are their stories. But many scenes seem suspiciously staged.
American Teen is a wonderful documentary about five Seniors, two teens and three mans, and how they deal with the rigors of academia at Warsaw (Indiana) Community High college in Warsaw, Indiana, a conservative Midwestern community.
For the film, Burstein trained her lens on the small town of Warsaw, Ind., collecting more than 1,000 hours of footage over 10 months during the 2005-06 college year.
"American Teen" follows the lives of five teenagers–a jock, a popular teen, a heartthrob, an artsy teen and a geek–in one small town in Indiana through their senior year of high college.
Aug 15, 2008 · American TEEN is an enjoyable, refreshing documentary that will inevitably play differently to all who see it, as everyone had a different cent experience. Some have moved on while others still hear the echoes of torment or thrill in their minds.
Teen film is a film genre targeted at teenagers and adults in which the plot is based upon the special interests of teenagers and adults, such as coming of age, first love, rebellion, conflict with parents, teen angst, and alienation. Some of these films are targeted at adults as well as teenagers.
Oct 14, 2008 · Parents need to know that American Teen is an eye-opening documentary that follows real high-college seniors from the small town of Warsaw, Ind., and doesn’t flinch from showing them drinking, swearing, smoking, hooking up, and talking about sex. They also worry about their romantic relationships, peer pressure, college applications, scholarships, and grades.
No doubt about it: the 1980s were a golden age for the American teen film. As US cinema emerged blinking from the dark paranoia of the 1970s, when The Exorcist, Taxi Driver and Apocalypse Now all made their impact, the likes of John Hughes, Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis began to tap the huge appetite of the emerging youth market.