A troubled young teenager has trouble dealing with the death of his mother and his ill treatment by his stepfather.A troubled young teenager has trouble dealing with the death of his mother and his ill treatment by his stepfather.A troubled young teenager has trouble dealing with the death of his mother and his ill treatment by his stepfather.
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- TriviaLike many films produced and directed by Sid Davis, this one was recorded silently. The sound was recorded later and synched to fit the picture; in many cases, Arthur Swerdloff, the editor, cut to another shot to allow him to re-sync the audio and the video. See also, Gang Boy (1954).
- Crazy credits[Prologue]Acknowledgement We gratefully acknowledge the valuable contributions made to this film by Mildred Malm, Psychologist, Karl Holton, Probation Officer, Harold S. Hodge, Consultant in Child Welfare, and Judge William B. McKesson of Los Angeles County; by Dan Persuit, Delinquency Control Institute, University of Southern California; and by the Police Department of Inglewood, California. This story is based on a case history.
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Unsettling "pschopath-prevention" awareness film of the 1950s
Following the untimely death of his mother, a youngster(age 13) begins to exhibit signs of social disconnection and unbalance. Gradually, his disordered mental state mounts, bolstered by various unfortunate factors(excessive solitude, schoolmate cruelty, and a cold, neglectful stepfather). With his "elan vital" quietly shattering, the boy's future looks quite bleak and uncertain.
This is a highly incongruous public-awareness film, and substandard in most technical departments. It does, however, manage to succeed surprisingly well in adducing its grievous message. Deeply dispiriting, even borderline surreal at times, AGE 13 is a film which exists in a strange gray area between underfunded filmtrash and visceral outsider art. A troubling espial on society's miscreant and maladroit, and the heartbreaking ways they are "made". Stylistically, it's obviously quite dated, but there's certainly an eternal relevance and urgency to this story.
Memorable, rather moving, and recommended...warts and all. 6.5/10
This is a highly incongruous public-awareness film, and substandard in most technical departments. It does, however, manage to succeed surprisingly well in adducing its grievous message. Deeply dispiriting, even borderline surreal at times, AGE 13 is a film which exists in a strange gray area between underfunded filmtrash and visceral outsider art. A troubling espial on society's miscreant and maladroit, and the heartbreaking ways they are "made". Stylistically, it's obviously quite dated, but there's certainly an eternal relevance and urgency to this story.
Memorable, rather moving, and recommended...warts and all. 6.5/10
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- 720 East Florence Avenue, Inglewood, California, USA(Inglewood Park Cemetery)
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- $1,000 (estimated)
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