Youth Culture in Global Cinema, w/guest Tim Shary
Due to the history and prominence of Hollywood, the world of cinema has long been considered to be an intrinsically American art form, and youth culture is one of the nation’s most profitable exports. How have various countries around the world reacted to the influx of American youth-oriented movies, from ’50s rebellion films like The Wild One and Rebel Without a Cause up through the modern day? What sorts of similarities do we find among various themes in American and foreign-made films about youth? In the discussion, we examine a host of notable foreign pictures, including City of God, Little Vera, and Show Me Love. My guest is Tim Shary, director of the film and video studies department at the University of Oklahoma, and co-editor of the recent book Youth Culture in Global Cinema. [Originally broadcast on WLUW’s Under Surveillance in October 2008.]
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