The PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER (2012)- Genre: Film
FOUR HORIZONTAL INTERTEXTUAL CONNECTIONS:
The Breakfast Club (1985) : Genre: Film
A group of 5 high school students, who all share saturday detention together.
Though all from different high school clicks, come to realize that they are deeper than the typical stereotype. Much like The Perks of Being a Wallflower, coming to know yourself in High School.
Dazed and Confused (1993): Genre:
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High School setting, based on drugs and the risky behavior High School Teenagers experiment with, much like in The Perks of Being a Wall Flower, when they behave in a rebelish way to experience a knew meaning of life.
Pretty in Pink (1986): Genre: Film
"Pretty in Pink" is a teen-romantic comedy, facing the challenge of social clique's and love. In
The Perks of Being a Wallflower, you see this challenge of teenage love portrayed through the film and the challenges it brings.
The Graduate (1967): Genre: Film
Though this movie is based on a college Graduate, it still tells the story of coming to know yourself, while facing the challenge of where one belongs in society. in Perks of Being a Wallflower, high school seniors are about to graduate leaving them with a sense of insecurity in where they will belong after High School.
FOUR VERTICAL INTERTEXTUAL CONNECTIONS
Bright Light Bigger City: Ceelo Green: Genre: Song
I thought of this song during the movie especially when Charlie stands in the back of the truck going down the road. I just felt like that song should be playing or he should be singing.
17 Magazine: Genre: Magazine
In "Perks of Being a Wallflower" the way the movie was edited together, I felt like I was reading an issue of 17 magazine. The ups and the downs of a teenager, writer letters to an unknown audience.
How to Kill a Mocking Bird: Genre: Book
There was a lot of literary works mentioned in " The Perks of Being a Wallflower" However I thought of this book during the movie, because of the title. Both titles are very important to the movie/ book, but not what one is expecting. Metaphorical
Cults: Genre: Group
During the acceptance of Charlie, in the movie. It reminded me of a Cult and it's initiaion. Dark cloaks, weird chants.
TWO PUBLIC TERTIARY TEXTS
John Anderson: Newsday
Regardless of the viewer's proximity to his or her own high school experience, "Perks" seems to get it right, precisely because it's not about a specific time or place.
Ian Buckwalter: Atlantic
Perks seems like the work of a much more experienced director, maintaining fidelity to the source material without sacrificing any cinematic qualities, triggering genuine sentimentality and nostalgia through interaction between sound and image.
ONE PRIVATE TERTIARY TEXT
@Nicsweatt rt:I dance exclusively like Charlie in "The Perks of Being a Wallflower."
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