Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy

Oct 1, 1998

0h 15m

★ 5.2

Overview

In a deconstruction of classic Hollywood codes, using repetitive single frame images, the re-editing of teenager movies produces an intense Oedipal drama.

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Cast

Andy Hardy (archive footage)

Mickey Rooney

Betsy Booth (archive footage)

Judy Garland

Judge Hardy (archive footage)

Lewis Stone

Emily Hardy (archive footage)

Fay Holden

20 volunteers agree to take part in a seemingly well-paid experiment advertised by the university. It is supposed to be about aggressive behavior in an artificial prison situation. A journalist senses a story behind the ad and smuggles himself in among the test subjects. They are randomly divided into prisoners and guards. What seems like a game at the beginning soon turns into bloody seriousness.

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0.0

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