I’m watching a movie with friends. We’re swaddled in doonas and darkness; popcorn hot in our hands and its scent rich in our noses. The classic Universal Pictures song blasts the room and light bursts from the screen. American Pie opens with the image of a teenage boy masturbating to the sexual moans of a…
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The popular franchise that launched teenage sex comedy films around the world is back, and it is armed with a fistful of nudity and toilet humour. The eighth instalment, American Pie: Reunion brings the original class of ’99 back together for the weekend (over a decade after the events of 1999’s American Pie) for their high…
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My report on American Reunion comes replete with hazy memories and vague descriptors. I saw the production over a month ago, in one of those fancy pants media screenings because I was interviewing the writer and director for Melbourne’s Student Youth Network (SYN). I saw it at a silly hour of the morning while under-slept…
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