If you've ever thought you were cool and later found out that you weren't, you're probably part of an S. E. Hinton story, like Rumble Fish. If you've ever been fascinated or preoccupied with fish then you can compare yourself to Mickey Rourke. If you've ever been able to solve one of the many riddles of adolescence and (in)humanity with a trip to California then many visits to a pet store, you were probably looking at fighting fish.
This movie is a beautiful little gem. It is black and white except for the cute little fish, fish that kill each other, fish that kill themselves fighting their own reflections. The movie has a solid foundation on one simple idea: if the fish had enough room to live they would not fight.
Teenage angst meets smoking, drinking, sex and Dennis Hopper in this movie. Matt Dillon is the younger brother of the Motorcycle Boy (Mickey Rourke) who is struggling to be as cool as his older brother.
The younger brother is Rusty James. He smokes, sometimes stealing cigarettes from his girl-friend's mother, he drinks, like his father, played by Dennis Hopper, and he has sex with Diane Lane. Crazy kids. Being a teenager can seem tough when you're growing up. Being an adult is even tougher.
The only real difference? Learning to deal with it and mature. If not, you're just an aged teenager, which, sadly I know, doesn't work the same as cheese or wine.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment