Several thoughts on HIGH SCHOOL
A FACT: It was made after TITICUT.
- Classroom experiences do play a part, but not a promising one. A teacher subjects her class to a reading of the pretty famous "Casey at the Bat." Later, another teacher attempts to explore poetic devices through discussion of a Simon & Garfunkel song(I forgot the name of the song). The second scene (and its relationship to the first) is again evidence of the possibilities for multiple interpretation in cinema verite. Some may see the second teacher a junior version of the first, noting her unawareness even of the irony behind the message of the song she has selected. An alternative, but not totally contradictory view sees this teacher(a fairly pretty girl, frankly speaking..) as a hopeful sign of progress within the school, someone who tries to select relevant and involving subject matter, but the students are so A…
