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Monday, January 22, 2007
Teenage Wasteland
A while ago I wrote an essay on the education films of Lawrence, Kansas's own Centron Studios. The website for Wholphin DVD Magazine posted it a week ago for all to enjoy. I think it's actually pretty good if I don't say so myself. The Centron films directed by Herk Harvey (Carnival of Souls) have all the melodrama of a Elia Kazan film but contained in the shell of a midwestern 1950's educational film. The films I discuss are The Outsider, Cheating, The Gossip and the fantastic The Snob.
If you're interested in furthering exploring the strange, sometimes fun, sometimes scary world of educational films why don't you take a look at Ken Smith's Mental Hygiene, an informative and witty book. While you're at it check out the latest edition of Wholphin the DVD Magazine of Unseen Film.
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