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High School | School Shooting
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Best American Film | 2003 | Paul F.
Best of Fest Feature | 2002 | Paul F.
2002 | Paul F.
In his book "Schlock Value," film critic Richard Roeper discusses this film as a prime example of what he incorrectly calls a "lost film" - a movie (often excellent) which does not get strong enough backing from the studio, and is either swept aside, or goes straight to video. That is, however, not what a " lost film " is. The correct meaning of a lost film is one where no copies are known to exist anywhere in the world.
While taking Deanna home from hospital her father switches through the stations and one of the songs that plays briefly is "I don't like Mondays" by the Boomtown Rats, which was inspired by the Cleveland Elementary School shooting in 1979.
"Alicia Browning: WHO THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? You think you can come in here and you can spend ten minutes and come out with all the FUCKING ANSWERS? Hey, I've got one: kids pick up guns and THEY KILL OTHER KIDS. That's it! And if that answer isn't good enough, then maybe you should see a doctor or a priest and you can ask THEM why. And they'll feed you all the psycho babble you can stand or they'll tell you that God has some "greater plan" for everyone. And when you keep pressing and those answers aren't good enough, all they'll have left to tell you is the unholy truth, that KIDS JUST DIE. [long pause] Alicia Browning: And babies [like mine] Alicia Browning: die too."
"Alicia Browning: Who sent these? Deanna Cartwright: huh? Alicia Browning: These flowers, there's no card. Who sent them? Deanna Cartwright: Bobby Launer. Alicia Browning: He's an idiot. Look at this. Three gladiolus, five carnations, and a bunch of white roses? Deanna Cartwright: I think they're pretty. Alicia Browning: It's funeral standard. Your boy's got a green thumb up his ass. Either that, or he's got a great sense of humor. Do you know why the carnation became the funeral flower? Because they smell super sweet. They're overpowering, right? So back in the old days, before they'd figured out how to preserve dead bodies, they just had to use lots of carnations at funerals to hide the rotting smell. Deanna Cartwright: That... really doesn't help me... at all. [taking one of her pills] Alicia Browning: Neither do those."
