I find the comments here really interesting. I have always felt the filmmakers probably manipulated events (rather than outright scripting), and the kids
hammed it up in places for the cameras, still, that only added another fascinating element to this great film.
I have a book of photographs that went with the film. Alas, the tall lesbian girl was killed in a fight not long after the movie was finished. I also saw a "Nightline" show years later that followed up "Tiny" from the movie. Again, alas, She was a real mess.
Still, everything about this, staged in places or not, has a real ring of heartbreaking truth. Nine and a half out of ten.
hammed it up in places for the cameras, still, that only added another fascinating element to this great film.
I have a book of photographs that went with the film. Alas, the tall lesbian girl was killed in a fight not long after the movie was finished. I also saw a "Nightline" show years later that followed up "Tiny" from the movie. Again, alas, She was a real mess.
Still, everything about this, staged in places or not, has a real ring of heartbreaking truth. Nine and a half out of ten.