Category: Brick
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High School Noir: Crime is an Extracurricular Activity
Brendan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) makes a secret phone call in ‘Brick’ (2005). It’s remarkable how well life at a typical suburban high school can resemble the plot of a classic film noir. That’s the conceit behind “Brick,” the 2005 Rian Johnson feature he wrote and directed. High school outsider Brendan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) searches for his missing…