Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman takes us inside Northeast High School as a fly on the wall to observe the teachers and how they interact with the students.
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Producer and director Frederick Wiseman takes his camera into a high school in 1968 and records events as they occur. Told without narration, the film essentially listens in on students, teachers and parents as they deal with issues of everyday life. Students are clearly meant to do as they are told without question--many of the teachers are autocratic in this respect--and the developing clash of cultures is evident in almost every scene. The role these young women are expected to play after high school is particularly archaic by today's standards.
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高校
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Student Affairs
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Mesi ekpaidefsi
(Greece)
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Student Affairs
(Hungary)
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Средняя школа
(Soviet Union, Russian title)
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This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress, in 1991.
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Followed by
High School II (1994).
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(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
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Male Authority Figure:
It's nice to be individualistic, but there are certain places to be individualistic.
Female Student:
I didn't mean to be individualistic.
Male Authority Figure:
No, I'm not criticizing!
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