Films about Virginity (Film Guide)
The Graduate, American Beauty, Cruel Intentions, Almost Famous, the Island, American Pie, Kids
2011
First Published
58
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 56. Chapters: The Graduate, American Beauty, Cruel Intentions, Almost Famous, The Island, American Pie, Kids, Never Been Kissed, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, The Blue Lagoon, American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile, Return to the Blue Lagoon, The Rage: Carrie 2, Pleasure Factory, The Virgin Suicides, Stealing Beauty, The Ballad of Jack and Rose, Porky's, Kevin & Perry Go Large, The Last American Virgin, Little Darlings, Sex Drive, Mermaids, Another Gay Movie, My Tutor, Prozac Nation, Birdcage Inn, Stateside, Fat Girl, The Inkwell, Lies, Diamonds, Her Minor Thing, Pleasureland, Losin' It, Meatballs III: Summer Job, Hot Moves. Excerpt: American Beauty is a 1999 American drama film directed by Sam Mendes and written by Alan Ball. Kevin Spacey stars as Lester Burnham, a middle-aged magazine writer who has a midlife crisis when he becomes infatuated with his teenage daughter's best friend, Angela (Mena Suvari). Annette Bening co-stars as Lester's materialistic wife, Carolyn, and Thora Birch plays their insecure daughter, Jane; Wes Bentley, Chris Cooper and Allison Janney also feature. The film has been described by academics as a satire of American middle class notions of beauty and personal satisfaction; analysis has focused on the film's explorations of romantic and paternal love, sexuality, beauty, materialism, self-liberation and redemption. Ball began writing American Beauty as a play in the early 1990s, partly inspired by the media circus around the Amy Fisher trial in 1992. He shelved the play after realizing the story would not work on the stage. After several years as a television screenwriter, Ball revived the idea in 1997 when attempting to break into the film industry. The modified script had a cynical outlook that was influenced by Ball's frustrating tenures writing for several sitcoms. Producers...
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