The old school house, in the film “Over the Edge” …

There’s an old school house in the parking lot, almost as if it’s on display, a monument, to a time now forgotten. Next to this is the “New Granada Jr High”, flashy and modern and plastic and aluminum.

With the old school house – there’s more “outside” than “inside”. You get the sense that it’s a limited space, but still a space of control – without any pretense.

The new school has it all. Food, fun, sports, drugs. The new school is a place you can dump your kid for the day.

The old school house had a way out for every room.

The new school house has a way in for every kid, and no way out.

Probably not …

“If you hold a stick of dynamite in your hand, and light the fuse? – God’s probably NOT going to stop it. He might make popcorn.” – Dr. Freckles

We are not the same …

“YOU want to live in a prison, with other prisoners, and shove dildos up your butt cracks all day, I want to live in a free country. We are not the same.” – Dr. Freckles

OVER the EDGE (1979)

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Over the EDGE: https://planetarystatusreport.com/?p=6634

Signs of the times: https://planetarystatusreport.com/?p=6623

Liam Neeson and Albanians: https://planetarystatusreport.com/?p=6610

Dogs and the French: https://planetarystatusreport.com/?p=6603

Beautiful and gross: https://planetarystatusreport.com/?p=6601

Regrets: https://planetarystatusreport.com/?p=6599

The Drain: https://planetarystatusreport.com/?p=6620

Believing: https://planetarystatusreport.com/?p=6628

Over the edge … (1979)

  1. suburban wasteland
  2. misguided youth
  3. existential darkness
  4. suburban brutalism
  5. vandalism
  6. suburbia as grooming for pedophiles
  7. suburbia as family made into a commodity
  8. abstraction of living destroys life
  9. managed society
  10. rebellion / obedience narrative in the context of 2020
  11. the scene when the girl shoots the boy by accident – no deep angst, no political energy, just “no biggee” and kids move on …

BANKING that COUNTS!

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Food Bank: https://planetarystatusreport.com/?p=6310

Fast Food: https://planetarystatusreport.com/?p=6307

Songs over time: https://planetarystatusreport.com/?p=6303

KHARTOUM: https://planetarystatusreport.com/?p=6448

ENOUGH: https://planetarystatusreport.com/?p=6516

SKUDZO CHRISTMAS: https://planetarystatusreport.com/?p=3344