Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy

Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy

Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy

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Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy

1998

0h 15m

5.3(20 votes)

Drama

Music

Overview

In a deconstruction of classic Hollywood codes, using repetitive single frame images, the re-editing of teenager movies produces an intense Oedipal drama.

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4 members

Acting

Mickey Rooney

Andy Hardy (archive footage)

Mickey Rooney

Acting

Judy Garland

Betsy Booth (archive footage)

Judy Garland

Acting

Lewis Stone

Judge Hardy (archive footage)

Lewis Stone

Acting

Fay Holden

Emily Hardy (archive footage)

Fay Holden

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