A documentary movie such as the recently released Hockney usually consists of archive footage into which are spliced talking heads and contemporary clips.
Young film-maker Charlie Lyne has come up with new take on this formula. Beyond Clueless, which gets a screening at the National Media Museum on January 27, comprises clips from 300 American films about teenagers.
“The idea was to construct a film entirely out of other films, using no original footage whatsoever, so we were presented with the challenge of building an original story with only a few basic elements: film clips, the voice of our narrator Fairuza Balk and our original music from Summer Camp,” Lyne said.
The challenge was, of course, self-imposed: an examination of the constituent parts of what makes an American ‘teen’ film. Charlie Lyne’s film runs for 90 minutes and is rated 15 for strong sex, bloody violence, strong language and drug use.
It’s on at the NMM on January 27 at 6pm.
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