... romance with the new girl Gretchen, his encounters with the local self-help guru Jim Cunningham (Patrick Swayze), the interaction with his teachers, and his drawing to the local recluse "Grandma Death". Auteur Richard Kelly establishes his characters in a unique way shirking the use of dialouge, but instead choreographing a scene to the Tears for Fears song "Head Over Heals" which magicially ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate