Ricordavo con un certo amore
Schegge di Follia, che avevo visto molti anni fa, e devo dire che anche ad una seconda visione mantiene tutta la propria carica di spensierato cinismo.
Veronica - una
Winona Ryder pre-taccheggio
- riesce a farsi amiche le tre
Heather che spadroneggiano la scuola: belle, temute ed alla moda, le quattro riescono a dettare legge nel liceo che frequentano.
Veronica si rende però presto conto che essere loro pari comporta il dover tormentare gli sfigati della scuola, tra cui alcune sue vecchie amiche; il gioco della popolarità lo richiede, ma alla lunga ciò la spingerà ad odiare le "Heathers" fino al punto di volere la loro morte.
Naturalmente non in senso letterale: lei si accontenterebbe di una piccola vendetta, non fosse per
Jason, il nuovo ed affascinante arrivato della scuola - un
Christian Slater che torna sempre buono per il ruolo di maniaco - che la coinvolge in un vero e proprio omicidio.
La loro vita è sul punto di essere sconvolta, e tutto per quello che sembra uno scherzo andato male... che fare, se non produrre false prove che indurranno tutti a credere che la popolare ragazza si è in realtà suicidata, e poi unirsi al lutto collettivo?
Tutti sembrano cascarci, e le cose filano lisce finché Jason non la coinvolge nuovamente in un duplice omicidio (anche qui facendole credere che si sarebbe trattato solo di un innocente scherzo); a questo punto l'escalation è inevitabile ed i suicidi adolescenziali sembrano diventati una moda: emulatori, psicologi dilettanti, dirigenti scolastici preoccupati, mass media, canzoni di successo ispirate all'accaduto; la macchina si è messa in moto, ed è ormai sfuggita di mano alla povera Veronica!
Pieno di dialoghi e situazioni geniali, il film offre una visione distorta ed esasperata di tutti gli aspetti della vita dell'adolescente medio (e degli adulti che gli stanno attorno): il gioco della popolarità e le pulsioni (auto-)distruttive, gli eccessi e le fobie, il timore di ciò che si è ed il desiderio di crescere.
Sopra le righe, cinico, crudele, malvagio e con il miglior uso del termine
"megatroia" che sia mai stato scritto in una sceneggiatura; non si può chiedere di più ad un film sugli adolescenti (ma, grazie al cielo, non
"adolescenziale")
Voto: 8.5
Tags: commedia, drammatico, crimine, omicidio, suicidi, adolescenti, sesso, violenza, popolarità, liceo, cinismo, bombe, inganno, funerale, emulazione.
Ryder, Winona
Nome di battesimo: Horowitz, Winona Laura
Data di nascita: 29 October 1971
Altezza: 5' 4" (1.63 m)
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Winona Ryder was born Winona Horowitz and named after her the town in which she was born, Winona Minnesota. She grew up in a ranch commune in Northern California where there was no electricity. She is the Goddaughter of Timothy Leary and her parents were friends of Beat poet Allen Ginsberg and once edited a book called "Shaman Woman Mainline Lady" an anthology of writings on the drug experience in literature - this included one piece by Louisa May Alcott. Winona Ryder was later to star as Jo in this author's Little Women (1994). She moved with her parents to Petaluma (near San Francisco) when she was ten and enrolled in acting classes at the American Conservatory Theater. At 13 she had a video audition to the film Desert Bloom (1986), but didn't get the part. Director David Seltzer, however, spotted her and cast her in Lucas (1986). When telephoned to ask how she'd like to have her name appear on the credits, she suggested Ryder as her father's Mitch Ryder album was playing the background. Ryder was selected for the part of Mary Corleone in The Godfather: Part III (1990), but had to drop out of the role after catching the flu from the strain of doing the films Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990) and Mermaids (1990) back to back. She said she didn't want to let everyone down by doing a substandard performance. She later made The Age of Innocence (1993) which was directed by Martin Scorsese, who she believes to be "the best director in the world".
Trivia random: March 17, 2000, San Francisco International Film Festival awarded the prestigious Peter J. Owens Award to her for brilliance, independence and integrity.
Citazione random: "I love westerns. John Ford is one of the 10 best directors,"
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Heathers (1989)
Schegge di follia
Regista: Michael Lehmann Scrittore: Daniel Waters Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Valutazione: 7.3/10 (14338 voti)
Durata: 102 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:Trama:Veronica mingles with Heather I, II and III to be as popular as them, even though she hates them. She hates them enough to wish they were dead, but she would never want to be their cause of death though. When she starts dating Jason Dean, however, she finds herself involved in the murdering of most of her enemies, covered up as suicides.
Trivia random: Ranked at #5 on Entertainment Weekly's 50 Best High School Movies (2006)
Citazione random: Veronica Sawyer: My parents wanted to move me into high school out of the sixth grade, but we decided to chuck the idea because I'd have trouble making friends, blah, blah, blah. Now blah, blah, blah is all I ever do. I use my grand IQ to decide what color lip gloss to wear in the morning and how to hit three keggers before curfew...
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Slater, Christian
Nome di battesimo: Hawkins, Christian Michael Leonard
Data di nascita: 18 August 1969
Altezza: 5' 8½" (1.74 m)
Coniuge: Ryan Haddon::(12 February 2000 - present) (filed for divorce) 2 children
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Christian Michael Leonard Hawkins was born on August 18, 1969 in New York to Michael Hawkins, a well-known soap actor and Mary Jo Slater, a casting agent. Christian started in show business early on, appearing on the soap opera "The Edge of Night" in 1976 at the age of 7. He went on to star in many Broadway shows in the early-1980s.He rose to fame in Hollywood after landing the role of Binx Davey in The Legend of Billie Jean (1985). He moved to Los Angeles in 1987 to pursue a further acting career after permanently dropping out of high school. After having a starring role in the cult hit Heathers (1989), he became somewhat known as the Hollywood bad-boy, having many run-ins with the law.He is also well-known for having romanced stars such as Winona Ryder, Christina Applegate, Samantha Mathis and was engaged to actress/model Nina Huang.In 2000, he married Ryan Haddon, the daughter of 70s model Dayle Haddon. The couple have two children, Jaden Christopher (b. 1999) and Eliana Sophia (b. 2001). As of early 2005 they are no longer together but remain dedicated to bring up their children.
Trivia random: Birth of his son, Jaden Christopher Haddon-Slater, with girlfriend Ryan Haddon. [6 April 1999]
Citazione random: "People need something to fill their papers, and I'm happy to provide."
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb. 
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