Law reVIEW: Clueless
Law reVIEW is a blog series dedicated to investigating and reviewing both popular and documentary films in the Chastek Library film collection. CLUELESS (1995) A movie known for its iconic fashion and seemingly airheaded dialog, Clueless is a movie that transformed a generation. Writer-Director Amy Heckerling maintains that her 1995 movie Clueless is a modern depiction of Jane Austen’s Emma , a coming of age story about navigating the trenches of gossip, love and social hierarchy. The movie opens with protagonist Cher Horowitz using groundbreaking technology to scan through her massive closet in order to find the perfect outfit. The camera then pans down the stairs of the Horowitz’s mansion where we are introduced to Cher’s father Mel (a litigator with high cholesterol). Cher describes litigators as “the scariest kinds of lawyers” and goes on to explain that “Daddy’s so good, he gets $500.00 an hour to fight with people…” Growing up with a litigator as a father, Cher is no