"Coming of age" books and films

[rogerzilla]

Walkabout

For the same reason as Logan's Run, presumably?

[Zipperhead]

Walkabout

For the same reason as Logan's Run, presumably?

Better add An American Werewolf in London then

[citoyen]

And, er, the Railway Children?

d.

[rogerzilla]

I don't think that one has breasts.

[citoyen]

But it has Jenny Agutter.

And her red knickers.

d.

[Legs]

Another Bildungsroman fillum: Twelve Angry Men

[Jaded]

For an English one - Laurie Lees "As I walked out one Summer Morning"

Definitely.  Better than Cider With Rosie

And the Autobiography of a super tramp - can't remember who by...

I think it was WH Davies, but I may be wrong.

Two locals for us.

WH Davies is possibly best known for 'Leisure'

What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass,
No time to see, in broad day light,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at beauty's glance
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

[microphonie]

I suppose The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks would also qualify as a coming of age novel.

[Wascally Weasel]

I suppose The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks would also qualify as a coming of age novel.

Good one.  Would love to make a film version of that (if were not painfully lacking in the cash, contacts, skills etc, etc).

[Mr Larrington]

Good one.  Would love to make a film version of that (if were not painfully lacking in the cash, contacts, skills etc, etc).

When I was a Penniless Student Oaf, some of us planned to film The Utterly Monstrous, Mind-Roasting Summer Of OC And Stiggs, but were similarly hampered.  Then Robert Altman got the gig, and fucked it up royally.

[urban_biker]

I'd like to recommend The Bridge to Terebithia or the film of it at least, I've never read the book. Its a kids film but apparently the book is extremely well known in the US but less so here.