Book description
Everyone undergoes some kind of teenage trauma, and a fundamental way
of coping, or rite of passage, is the teen movie. Yet until now there
has been no book that explores this successful movie sub-genre with any
depth. Step forward Garry Mulholland, who, taking his cue from his
previous, hugely acclaimed pop culture list books (This is Uncool and
Fear of Music) , seeks to create a pantheon of the very finest teen
movies, or in Garry Mulholland's words: 'I'll be doing what film critics
have been loathe to do since the 1950s, and taking the entire subculture
of teen movies seriously, making a constant and compelling argument that
Grease and A Nightmare on Elm Street tell us a great deal more about
modern life and human nature than Citizen Kane and The Godfather.' From
Kes to Fame, Badlands to the Breakfast Club, and National Lampoon's
Animal House to Twilight, Garry Mulholland re-evaluates a much maligned
genre, and brings it all back again: the good, the bad and the
traumatic. As well as being the author of THIS IS UNCOOL: THE GREATEST
500 SINGLES SINCE PUNK AND DISCO, and FEAR OF MUSIC (the greatest 261
albums), Garry Mulholland has contributed frequently to the GUARDIAN and
TIME OUT and currently writes for THE OBSERVER MUSIC MONTHLY and Q
MAGAZINE.
