IN CELEBRATION OF BANNED BOOKS: "THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER" (2012)8)
Friday, October 13, 2023 7:30pm to 10pm
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5030 Brunson Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146
https://cosfordcinema.com/event/in-celebration-of-banned-books-the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower-2012/ ##BannedBooksWeekIn honor of Banned Books week, the annual event to celebrate the freedom to read and raise awareness of censorship issues, the Cosford Cinema will hold screenings of film adaptations of books on the list every Friday evening in October.
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER | 2012 | WRITER-DIRECTOR: Stephen Chbosky | BASED ON THE NOVEL BY: Stephen Chbosky | WITH: Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller, Paul Rudd, Dylan McDermott, Kate Walsh | RUNNING TIME: 1H 43M | RATED PG-13 for mature thematic material, drug and alcohol use, sexual content.
15-year-old Charlie (Logan Lerman), an endearing and naive outsider, coping with first love (Emma Watson), the suicide of his best friend, and his own mental illness while struggling to find a group of people with whom he belongs. The introvert freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors, Sam and Patrick, who welcome him to the real world.
"Has there ever been a time when you were among friends and felt as if you truly belonged, yet were aware at the same instant that the joy was fleeting and you’d soon be alone—and that the pain of loss would be almost as intense as the bliss? That’s the feeling Stephen Chbosky captures in "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," his exquisite adaptation of his best-selling YA novel about a Pittsburgh high-school freshman who doesn’t fit in and then all of a sudden does, for a spell.
"Set in the early 1990s, the movie lingers on objects that are, culturally speaking, on their last legs: 45-rpm singles, manual typewriters, mix tapes passed from boys to the girls they want to reach. It’s nostalgia with an emphasis on nostos, pain. My favorite shot: Charlie leaving the wall at the homecoming dance and moving toward Sam, head bobbing as if to propel himself forward as Dexys Midnight Runners’ “Come On, Eileen” begins to accelerate. The music is from so long ago, the feeling of transcendence eternal." -- David Edelstein, New York Magazine
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