Film Club

The touching, true story of what happens when a father tries to educate his chaotic teenage son through film
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Jesse didnt want to go to school anymore. After much deliberation, his father offers him an unconventional deal: he can drop out, sleep all day, not [...]
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The touching, true story of what happens when a father tries to educate his chaotic teenage son through film
Description of book




Jesse didnt want to go to school anymore. After much deliberation, his father offers him an unconventional deal: he can drop out, sleep all day, not work, not pay rent, but on one condition that he watches three films a week, of his fathers choosing.



What follows is an unusual journey as week by week, side by side, they watch the worlds best (and occasionally worst) films from True Romance to Chunking Express, A Hard Days Night to Rosemarys Baby, and La Dolce Vita to Giant. The films get them talking: about girls, music, heartbreak, work, drugs, money, friendship but they also open doors to a young mans interior life at a time when a parent is normally shut out. Gradually the fathers initial worries are set aside as he watches his son morph from chaotic teenager to self-assured adult who even starts to get up before noon. As the film club moves towards its poignant and inevitable conclusion, the young man makes a decision which surprises even his fathe