The idea of summertime brings to mind long, languid warm days, carefree, sun-baked holidays, the sound of crickets and sultry evenings spent alfresco. Summer changes the way we feel, often lighter and freer. Some films imbue such images and emotions more than others; we round up the 10 best.
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From: Harper's BAZAAR UK
Stand By Me
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Few films capture the seemingly endlessness of school holidays and their capacity for adventure as Stephen King’s cult Stand By Me. The story – largely regarded as the best coming-of-age film of all time – focuses on four young boys who go on a hike to find the dead body of a missing child. It’s about the intensity and importance of childhood friendship, growing up and, also, it turned out to be prophetic – at the end of the film we find out that River Phoenix’s character, Chris Chambers, dies trying to break up a fight. Seven later, Phoenix died of an overdosed outside a nightclub in LA.
