Big boys don't cry

Duration: 0:08:00

Year Published: 1973

Creator: Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor | Perspective Films: Distributor | Stephen Bosustow Productions: Publisher

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Shows a young boy, carrying an air rifle, walking through the woods. Uses scenes from old westerns to illustrate his fantasies of shooting and fighting. When he shoots a bird, he begins to understand the finality of death., Follows a young boy as he practices shooting his BB gun in a forest. Captures the boy's distress as he kills a bird and must confront the dead animal. Intercuts scenes of gunfights from Westerns and wartime executions, drawing parallels between the seemingly unrelated events.

Complete Record: , Follows a young boy as he practices shooting his BB gun in a forest. Captures the boy's distress as he kills a bird and must confront the dead animal. Intercuts scenes of gunfights from Westerns and wartime executions, drawing parallels between the seemingly unrelated events.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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