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High School (Frederick Wiseman, 1968)

Mar

11

National Promposal Day

High School (1968)

Girls PE class accompanied by last year's hit single, 1910 Fruitgum Company's “Simon Says”. DP: Richard Leiterman.

Frederick Wiseman is the fly-on-the-wall at Northeast High School, filming teenage angst and awkwardness. There's talk of #PromNight, and small dramas when it turns out that above-the-knee is not formal wear thankyouverymuchyounglady. The dance itself is never shown.

“I didn't mean to be individualistic.”

– student

This is High School. I'm glad I never have to set foot in one ever again.

書を捨てよ町へ出よう [Sho o suteyo machi e deyō / Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets] (Shūji Terayama, 1971)

Jan

9

成人の日

書を捨てよ町へ出よう (1971)

Young adults rally in the streets. DP: Masayoshi Sukita.

Coming of Age Day in Japan.

“What the hell are you doing?”