Rebel without a Cause
Nicholas Ray
1955
Nicholas Ray
1955
West Side Story
Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
1961
Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
1961
To Sir, With Love
James Clavell
1967
James Clavell
1967
Grease
Randal Kleiser
1978
Randal Kleiser
1978
Footloose
Herbert Ross
1984
Herbert Ross
1984
The Breakfast Club
John Hughes
1985
John Hughes
1985
Clueless
Amy Heckerling
1995
Amy Heckerling
1995
Angus
Patrick Read Johnson
1995
Patrick Read Johnson
1995
Mean Girls
Mark Waters
2004
Mark Waters
2004
She’s the Man
Andy Fickman
2006
Andy Fickman
2006
Fish Tank
Andrea Arnold
2009
Andrea Arnold
2009
Easy A
Will Gluck
2010
Will Gluck
2010
Spring Breakers
Harmony Korine
2012
Harmony Korine
2012
Cyberbully
Charles Biname
2015
Charles Biname
2015
Trends and Changes
The timeline above shows some significant Teen Angst films
ranging from 1955 to 2015, along with the directors of each particular film. I
made sure to find the earliest film possible and also the most recent in order
to give a good demonstration of how the films changed over the decades.
Areas that have stayed the same across the years would be the idea that teenagers go through a rebellious stage in their life, which creates the main scene for most of the films. For example in Grease, Clueless and Mean Girls they are all based around an idea of love/ attraction and more than one female character taking a liking to a male character which causes a lot of chaos and competition amongst the main characters in the film. Other trends that have remained throughout the films would be that there is always at least one rebellious scene in the films above. This is a key factor in teen angst films as this trait is also associated with teenagers due to the change in their hormone levels which can make them be perceived as irrational and unpredictable.
However, areas where the films change over the decades would be the increased use of swear words in the more recent films due to the change in society in everyday life. Another change varies from being very significant in the particular film (hairspray) to being a side factor – segregation. This occurs in the films that have been produced around the 1960’s 70’s as this was a huge part of society, due to the African Americans fight for civil rights in America.
Areas that have stayed the same across the years would be the idea that teenagers go through a rebellious stage in their life, which creates the main scene for most of the films. For example in Grease, Clueless and Mean Girls they are all based around an idea of love/ attraction and more than one female character taking a liking to a male character which causes a lot of chaos and competition amongst the main characters in the film. Other trends that have remained throughout the films would be that there is always at least one rebellious scene in the films above. This is a key factor in teen angst films as this trait is also associated with teenagers due to the change in their hormone levels which can make them be perceived as irrational and unpredictable.
However, areas where the films change over the decades would be the increased use of swear words in the more recent films due to the change in society in everyday life. Another change varies from being very significant in the particular film (hairspray) to being a side factor – segregation. This occurs in the films that have been produced around the 1960’s 70’s as this was a huge part of society, due to the African Americans fight for civil rights in America.
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