Tag Archives: Film

JD Film Fan

April 30, 2012 — by

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Addison Mehr is one of the many talented interns working on Teenage.  When we learned about the period teenage film he’s making at NYU, we asked him to compile some of his favorite juvenile delinquent film inspirations… Keep an eye out for more profiles and interviews with our collaborators on the film.

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Andy Warhol Interviewed by a Teenager

March 28, 2012 — by

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Andy Warhol interviewed by teenage David Ehrenstein at the Factory on March 3, 1965. It’s a real trip. Special appearances by, Gerard Malanga, Ted Berrigan, Joe Brainard, a Rolling Stones LP, calls from Bob Brown and Nancy Fish.

David Ehrenstein: What recent movies have you enjoyed and why?
Andy Warhol: I saw Sylvia last week… and Joy House this week.

via Dennis Cooper
Thanks for the tip Brock Shorno!

Teen Romeo and Juliet

March 22, 2012 — by

Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 adaptation of Romeo and Juliet starred two unknown actors, Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, aged 17 and 16 respectively. The adaptation was a huge success with teenage audiences and was nominated for both Best Picture and Best Director. Hussey appeared nude in the film and because she was 15 at the time of filming,  was not legally allowed to see the film in the US.

Henson’s Youth 68

February 17, 2012 — by

In April 1968, NBC aired a one-hour long documentary called Youth 68.  Produced by a pre-Sesame Street Jim Henson and directed by Jon Stone, the film is part screenplay, part video collage.  It shows young people all across America talking about love, religion, drugs, music, and war.   More…

Janina Faye

February 10, 2012 — by

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Rank press photo of Janina Faye in the CinemaScope and Eastman Colour horror film “The Day Of The Triffids” (1962).

Janina Faye (born 1949) was a popular English child actress of the late 1950s and early 1960s. She appeared in a large number of films including: Dracula (X- certificate, 1958); The Day of the Triffids (X-certificate, 1962) and Don’t Talk to Strange Men (certificate 12, 1962).  Her most controversial film was the 1959 Hammer production Never Take Sweets From a Stranger, another X-certificate film released in 1960 that dealt with the then very taboo subject of child molestation (the Greek word “paedophile” meaning “child lover” in English, was not in general use at that time as it is today). More…