They weren’t made by GenX either. I’m an earlyX (blackX if you’ve read Coupland’s seminal novel) and I was 25 when Falling down was released. It was written by Ebbe Smith (b. 1949) and directed by Joel Schumaker (b. 1939). Michael Douglas (b. 1944) starred. It was about Boomers and middle-age discomfort, nothing to do with my generation any more than Grease or Thirty Something did.
Falling Down is not a GenX film. Michael Douglas was playing a cop in the 60s when GenX was being born.
Made by genX, not the characters are members of genX. These films were all released in the 90’s.
They weren’t made by GenX either. I’m an earlyX (blackX if you’ve read Coupland’s seminal novel) and I was 25 when Falling down was released. It was written by Ebbe Smith (b. 1949) and directed by Joel Schumaker (b. 1939). Michael Douglas (b. 1944) starred. It was about Boomers and middle-age discomfort, nothing to do with my generation any more than Grease or Thirty Something did.