Sujet Anglais — Terminale — Métropole — Bac 2009

The cinema had always been forbidden for our family; my parents were nervous about the consequences of allowing me to watch films alone in case it opened some moral floodgates they would be unable to block. It was Scott who suggested that we skip school one afternoon and go to the cinema. The plan was simple: we would go to school as usual in the morning but 5 rather than returning for double English after lunch we would take the number 27 bus into town and go to the ABC. Eager to learn what it was that made my parents so nervous, I readily agreed. I was fourteen years old the first time I bought a cinema ticket, it was in 1985 and the film was Back to the Future. Even now I remember the feeling of wonder that surged through me 10 as I sat in the darkened theatre. The knowledge my parents were unaware of what I was up to made the experience even more special; it was so liberating not to have to worry what my father might say. After Back to the Future I went back to the cinema and saw Rocky IV. Even though I went to an afternoon screening the cinema was completely packed. Rocky IV was even more thrilling 15 than Back to the Future because during the fight scenes the entire cinema was cheering Rocky as if the fight was actually taking place in the cinema. For someone who had only ever watched films in silence at home this was an entirely novel experience. Meanwhile after years of hiring video players, my father finally bought a Panasonic VHS recorder which was used to watch Bollywood films1 but when my parents were out and I had 20 the house to myself I would watch other films. One of the boys in my school had a father who ran a pirate video store out of the front room of his council flat. (…) My friend Craig accidentally influenced me more than he intended on the evening he came to my house with a video cassette, breathlessly urging me that ‘You have to see that film, mate, you’re gonna love it.’ He did not live far but it was rare for Craig to come to my house 25 so this film had to be something extra special. ‘It’s called The Breakfast Club’, he told me.