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Sixteen Candles (1984)

Film
DirectorJohn Hughes
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Figures

Characters
  • The character of Long Duk Dong
Locations
  • The recurring setting and character archetypes of the film → Auteur Theory
Form & technique
  • The final scene featuring the song "If You Were Here" by Thompson Twins
Tropes
  • The film's overall visual perspective on Samantha Baker → The Male Gaze
  • The exchange of Caroline Mulford between Jake Ryan and Ted "the Geek"
  • The social dynamic between Jake Ryan and Ted "the Geek" → Homosocial Triangulation
  • Jake Ryan's red Porsche 944 → The Commodity Fetish
  • The family forgetting Samantha's birthday

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