Pump Up The Volume

Ano de Lançamento: 1990

Ano de Visionamento: 2010

Antes tarde que nunca. A mensagem não ficou estancada no tempo e soa-me até bastante actual. Identificar-me com este filme desde os primeiros minutos é a natural consequência da conjugação de: um vigoroso e estimulante desempenho de Christian Slater (no papel de locutor da rádio pirata); um desfilar sucessivo e incansável de frases lapidáveis e ousadamente genuínas (que eu pronunciaria num momento de inspiração semelhante à invejável de que Mark revela ser dotado); e uma banda sonora coerente e brutal que me agrada na íntegra e que envolve todo o filme, transmitindo uma contagiante e saudável necessidade de libertação individual. Não faltando também a recomendável dose de responsabilidade, claro.

- Mark Hunter: Always the same red paper, the same beautiful black writing. She's probably a lot like me, a legend in her own mind. Hehehehe. But you know what, I bet in real life she's probably not that wild. I bet she's kind of shy like so many of us briskly walking the halls, pretending to be late for some class, pretending to be distracted. Hey, poetry lady, are you really this cool? Are you out there? Are you listening?

- Nora: I'm always out here.

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- Mark Hunter: Talk hard, I like that. It's like a dirty thought in a nice clean mind.

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- Mark Hunter: 'Dear Harry, I think you're boring and obnoxious and have a high opinion of yourself.' Course some of you are probably thinking I sent this one to myself. 'I think school is okay if you just look at it right. I mean I like your music, but I really don't see why you can't be cheerful for one second.' I'll tell you since you asked. I just arrived in this stupid suburb. I have no friends, no money, no car, no license. And even if I did have a license all I can do is drive out to some stupid mall. Maybe if I'm lucky play some fucking video games, smoke a joint and get stupid. You see, there's nothing to do anymore. Everything decent's been done. All the great themes have been used up. Turned into theme parks. So I don't really find it exactly cheerful to be living in the middle of a totally, like, exhausted decade where there's nothing to look forward to and no one to look up to.