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１９４２年の夏、戦火を逃れてニューイングランド沖合いの美しい島にやって来たハーミーとその家族。１５歳のハーミーには、オシーとベンジーという同い年の友人ができたが、思春期の彼らの興味はもっぱら女の子のことだった。だが、ハーミーは小高い丘の家に住む美しい人妻ドロシーの虜となる。彼女と知り合った事でハーミーの夏は楽しい日々と化すが、夏に終わりが来るように、彼とドロシーの関係にも終わりを告げる時が訪れた……。
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１９４２年の夏、戦火を逃れてニューイングランド沖合いの美しい島にやって来たハーミーとその家族。１５歳のハーミーには、オシーとベンジーという同い年の友人ができたが、思春期の彼らの興味はもっぱら女の子のことだった。だが、ハーミーは小高い丘の家に住む美しい人妻ドロシーの虜となる。彼女と知り合った事でハーミーの夏は楽しい日々と化すが、夏に終わりが来るように、彼とドロシーの関係にも終わりを告げる時が訪れた……。
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監督: Robert Mulligan
脚本: Herman Raucher
音楽: Michel Legrand
制作: Richard A. Roth
撮影監督: Robert Surtees
制作会社: Warner Bros. Pictures
**_Sex-obsessed boys on Nantucket in 1942_** RELEASED IN 1971 and directed by Robert Mulligan, "Summer of '42” is the biographical drama of Herman “Hermie” Raucher (Gary Grimes) coming of age at 15 during the titular season & year on Nantucket Island. He and his two pals, Oscy and Benji, hang out on the island learning about sex and chasing girls. Meanwhile, Hermie is an awe of a 21 year-old woman (Jennifer O'Neill) whose soldier husband is off fighting WWII. This is such a well-done classic film from the early 70s. The island locales are breathtaking while the story is low-key realistic, which is fitting since it was based on a real-life. It’s basically about a teenage boy in awe of a beautiful adult whoa-man of whom O’Neill fills the bill. Hermie has a mature, spiritual attitude toward love & sex, which is contrasted by Oscy’s juvenile, animalistic approach. The movie’s not meant to provoke “controversy” but rather to just show the way it was and what happened. The same type of story happened and happens to mid-teens in every community all over North America and the world to this day. I’m not saying it’s right or wise on the adult’s part (it’s not), but simply that it happens; and the teen WANTED it, boy or girl. That said, there’s some ambiguity to the ending and it’s not 100% certain that such-and-such occurred. The outstanding “Last Summer” (1969) is a comparable movie, but with an unpleasant edge. Both films take place on island beaches during the summer and involve teens coming of age. Both films involve a disturbing element. But “Last Summer” is ugly in a significant way whereas “Summer of ’42” maintains a sense of awe and beauty. “The Outsiders” (1983) is also a little comparable, particularly the theater sequence. WATCH OUT for notable Christopher Norris as Oscy’s wannabe date, Miriam. If you’re not familiar with her, be sure to check her out in Ron Howard’s “Eat My Dust” (1976). THE FILM RUNS 1 hour, 44 minutes and was shot in Mendocino in Northern California and a couple other places in California. They had intended to shoot it on Nantucket, where the true story occurred, but the island had changed so much since 1942 that it proved more feasible to simply find another, underdeveloped locale as a substitute. GRADE: A-/B+
