To Sir with Love! Duh.
Goodbye, Mr. Chips.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (I think)
Blackboard Jungle.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
Stand By Me (Olmos plus math)
Tara: That was funny if you've studied Taglarin mystic rites and... are a total dork... Riley: Then how come Xander didn't laugh?
'Selfless'
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DavidS - Sep 05, 2006 8:26:21 pm PDT #4006 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
§ ita § - Sep 05, 2006 8:29:19 pm PDT #4007 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Only The Strong -- Stand By Me with capoeira instead.
Vonnie K - Sep 05, 2006 8:48:01 pm PDT #4008 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Music of the Heart -- I think this one had Meryl Streep playing a violin teacher to a bunch of underprivileged kids. Ends up with her students giving a concert at the Carnegie Hall. A bit sappy, but fits the bill.
Dead Poets Society. Well, you may not want to have a classful of weeping kids though. (Well, it makes *me* cry. Shut up. *sniffles*)
Volans - Sep 05, 2006 9:11:26 pm PDT #4009 of 10001
move out and draw fire
The Faculty!
I mean, Elijah Wood and Clea Duvall as students, Jon Stewart, Piper Laurie, Salma Hayek, Famke Jansen, and Robert Patrick as teachers...what's not to love?
Although they probably don't mean for you to pick a slasher movie.
The Piano Teacher Far more disturbing than a slasher flick.
Donnie Darko has some stuff about poetry and creative writing and adolescents and visual arts, but it would be a challenge to pull it together.
Apparently I only think of disturbing movies.
Cashmere - Sep 06, 2006 1:25:21 am PDT #4010 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Stand By Me is DH's favorite movie, no surprise there.
SailAweigh - Sep 06, 2006 2:23:00 am PDT #4011 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Sean, I am so looking forward to Flyboys. The trailer was just wonderful. I must be a bit of a boy, but anything with planes in it, I can not resist.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 06, 2006 3:33:59 am PDT #4012 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
The Professional.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 06, 2006 3:34:05 am PDT #4013 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Guillermo del Toro's
Say no more! makes note of December
How did you end up seeing it, Jess? Was it a reviewer screening?
"Choose a movie or work of literature that discusses the topic of education and the arts".
Rushmore? If you squint your mind a little, it works.
Jessica - Sep 06, 2006 4:52:12 am PDT #4014 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
How did you end up seeing it, Jess? Was it a reviewer screening?
Yep -- it's at the NYFF (Sept-Oct), so they're screening it for the press now even though it's not officially out until the end of the year.
Volans - Sep 06, 2006 4:58:33 am PDT #4015 of 10001
move out and draw fire
"Choose a movie or work of literature that discusses the topic of education and the arts".
Fame.
I mean, I'm pretty sure the kids were supposed to be adolescents.
What's the one about Hitler and his painting teacher? Or am I making up a movie that doesn't exist.