movies_creation
American Movie Archives (美國電影檔案)
- Title
- Ask Me, Don't Tell Me
- Year
- 1961
- Abstract
- San Francisco teenage gangs and the unfriendly world they inhabit.
- Notes
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Produced: Myers (David)
Sponsor: American Friends Service Committee
Run Time: 20:55
Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W - Keyword
- San Francisco: Juvenile delinquents;Teenagers;Juvenile delinquency;Teenagers;Juvenile delinquency
- Theme
- Ask Me, Don't Tell Me
- Review
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This is a very cool movie, indeed. There are some incredible scenes of street-corner gangs with names like "The Lonely Ones," "The Esquires," "Los Lobos," "Aces" and so on. The clothes and pompadours are a joy to watch. The story is about some guy who convinced some early 60's gang members to put aside their differences and work together for free doing jobs like painting houses for people who could not do it themselves. The program was called Youth For Service, and it benefitted the gang youth by giving them a sense of necessity, while helping those in need. Cool. The visuals are the best part of this film. If you love post WW2 greaserdom, you won't find any better than this one.
(Reviewer: dan b) - Location
- A/V room, 2/F