Suburban School Films- The Breakfast Club
Intro
For my film analysis paper, I chose The Breakfast Club, which is a suburban school genre of film. This movie was filmed in 1984, and in theatres by 1985. This movie was directed, written, and produced by John Hughes, who is responsible for many 80’s movies, such as Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and 16 Candles. This movie is about five high school teenagers, from different social ranks, who stay at school to serve Saturday detention.
Bulman
Similarities
In the book, Hollywood Goes to High School by Robert Bulman, Bulman carefully observes public and private school films, and attributed movie genres for them: urban, suburban, and elite-private school films. The Breakfast Club, which …show more content…
When Bulman was discussing this, he states that in suburban school films, students try to find there true self, despite the pressures of conforming to their otherwise destined boring American middle-class lives. In page one-hundred thirteen of chapter four of Hollywood goes to High School, he says “In the suburban school films...the students are tired of being dependent upon adults. They feel suffocated by their dependence on the school and their parents. They don’t believe in the skills and credentials the discredited adults are offering them.” This is evident in the movie when Mr.Vernon, and the school population already labeled these students simply for their outside exterior and image. In the movie, the students are labeled “an athlete, princess, basketcase, and a criminal.” After opening up to one another, they discover that they are more than those stereotypes placed on them. They realize that they’re not that much different from one another. They all deal with struggles at home and at school. For instance Bender, the “criminal, has emotionally and physically abusive parents. Allison, the “basketcase” is ignored by her parents. Andy, the “athlete’ does things for his father’s approval, and doesn’t want to disappoint him. Brian, the “brain” has good grades, and feels pressure from his parents to continue being an A student. While Claire has the pressure of her parents and school friends to act a certain way, and secretly hates
Intro
For my film analysis paper, I chose The Breakfast Club, which is a suburban school genre of film. This movie was filmed in 1984, and in theatres by 1985. This movie was directed, written, and produced by John Hughes, who is responsible for many 80’s movies, such as Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and 16 Candles. This movie is about five high school teenagers, from different social ranks, who stay at school to serve Saturday detention.
Bulman
Similarities
In the book, Hollywood Goes to High School by Robert Bulman, Bulman carefully observes public and private school films, and attributed movie genres for them: urban, suburban, and elite-private school films. The Breakfast Club, which …show more content…
When Bulman was discussing this, he states that in suburban school films, students try to find there true self, despite the pressures of conforming to their otherwise destined boring American middle-class lives. In page one-hundred thirteen of chapter four of Hollywood goes to High School, he says “In the suburban school films...the students are tired of being dependent upon adults. They feel suffocated by their dependence on the school and their parents. They don’t believe in the skills and credentials the discredited adults are offering them.” This is evident in the movie when Mr.Vernon, and the school population already labeled these students simply for their outside exterior and image. In the movie, the students are labeled “an athlete, princess, basketcase, and a criminal.” After opening up to one another, they discover that they are more than those stereotypes placed on them. They realize that they’re not that much different from one another. They all deal with struggles at home and at school. For instance Bender, the “criminal, has emotionally and physically abusive parents. Allison, the “basketcase” is ignored by her parents. Andy, the “athlete’ does things for his father’s approval, and doesn’t want to disappoint him. Brian, the “brain” has good grades, and feels pressure from his parents to continue being an A student. While Claire has the pressure of her parents and school friends to act a certain way, and secretly hates