Tuesday, 4 February 2014

1950s, 60s, 70s & 80s Youth Films

Teenage Bad Girl (My Teenage Daughter) (1856)

- The youth is the British version of 'Rebel Without a Cause' due to the way the youth is rebellious against the adults.

- It represents the youth as bad and trouble making.


Teenagers from Outer Space (1959)

- Youth is represented as aliens who are killers of adults

- They are also violent which is another way of showing that they are rebellious.



Wild for Kicks [Beat Girl] (1961)


- Youth are represented as "Wild" and mischievous


- Compared to 'Rebel Without a Caused' because of the way the way the youth are acting rebellious against adults.



The Young ones trailer (1961)

- Youth is represented as rebellious against their parent (adults)

- They also shown as "hip" and "cool" due to their behaviour which is also seen to be mischievous

- It's a safe representation in the form of a media of the way youths act rebellious.




Clockwork Orange (1971)

- Youth is represented animalistic, aggressive.

- Aggressive references to the holocaust.

- Youth are dehumanised.

- Dark split between youth and adults.

- Slang references.

- Uses of violence.




Scum (1979)

- Youth is represented as dangerous and rebellious.

- Sum is a prison for youth who try to survive the hell hole.

- There is a lot of violence and have a lot of blood involved.

- Adults are portrayed as physical brutal but not psychologically violent.




Made in Britain (1982)

- Youth are represented as criminals and rebellious.

- They appear to be careless and out of control.

- Youth display a lot of anger and frustration which is shown through their language and in the actions they present.

- They are also violent, have no respect for the law and authority.

- Have a sarcasm behaviour towards the authority.

- Britain is represented is as a low class, rough and dangerous place to be.

- Tim Roth (main character) is a skin head and has a "Nazi" tattoo in the middle of his forehead.

- Upper class adults are quite demeaning towards the youth and are un-amused by their attitudes.

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