What’s the Matter With Kids Today?

Student film set to the Beatles song "Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight / The End / Her Majesty" from their album "Abbey Road". The film depicts a Boy Scout's walk through a rural setting. He's later joined by a group of children who follow him through meadows and corn fields. The film is part of a series of student films that all won awards at the 1971 Young Chicago Filmmaker’s Festival.

Credits

Robert Zemeckis (director)

Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Chicago Public Library Collection
Subjects: Children; Music; Nature
Language: English
Cfa elements: 200 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/8993

More in Young Chicago Filmmaker’s Festival

  1. 1-A 1970
  2. Das Uttle Humper 1970
  3. The 2-Year Machine 1970
  4. You And Me 1970
  5. 158 W. Erie 1971
  6. Close to You By the Carpenters 1971
  7. In the Divine Plan 1971
  8. Lurking Unbookish 1971
  9. Ratamata 1971
  10. Sugar Mountain 1971
  11. What’s the Matter With Kids Today? 1971
  12. February 31st 1972
  13. Game 1972
  14. Lift 1973

Sources

  1. Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video