Books Details
Author : Susannah Gora Pages : 367 pages Publisher : Three Rivers Press
Language : eng ISBN-10 : 0307716600 ISBN-13 : 9780307716606
Books Descriptions
You can quote lines from Sixteen Candles (?Last night at the dancemy
little brother paid a buck to see your underwear?), your iPod playlist
includes more than one song by the Psychedelic Furs and Simple Minds, you
watch The Breakfast Club every time it comes on cable, and you still wish
that Andie had ended up with Duckie in Pretty in Pink. You?re a bonafide
Brat Pack devotee?and you?re not alone.The films of the Brat Pack?from
Sixteen Candles to Say Anything?are some of the most watched,
bestselling DVDs of all time. The landscape that the Brat
Packmemorialized?where outcasts and prom queens fall in love, preppies
and burn-outs become buds, and frosted lip gloss, skinny ties, and
exuberant optimism made us feel invincible?is rich with cultural themes
and significance, and has influenced an entire generation who still believe
that life always turns out the way it is supposed to.You Couldn?t Ignore
Me If You Tried takes us back to that era, interviewing key players, such
as Molly
