The Dropout (1962)
1962 · Short film · 26 min · dir. Henwar Rodakiewicz
- Drama
- Short
Synopsis
A young man tired of "the rules" of high school, drops out. While he relishes his newfound "freedom, " he soon finds out that no one will hire a high school dropout, and his life starts to spiral out of control until he's reduced to wearing T-shirts, playing pool, and watching his friends being hauled off to jail for vagrancy. Is he next?
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Henwar Rodakiewicz
- Released
- 1962-12-31
- Running time
- 26 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Cast & crew
- Henwar Rodakiewicz Director
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Tune in... Dropout... · Spuzz · 2016-04-23
The 60's dropout is explored in this film, which starts out very interestingly, then just kind of moves along, not really too sure where to go (gee.. just like... dropouts! what an amazing film technique!).. From the beginning, with it's great music, dialogue, and fashions, we hope for a real swinging time, but it seagues into typical teen warning film, as several cases of drop outs are explored. Some are interesting (Ellen) and some are not. Still, interesting to look at and maybe of use of your time.