Not gonna do it. Photo: Summit Distribution One of the pleasures I found in researching and writing Hollywood High: A Totally Epic, Way Opinionated History of Teen Movies , which is out today, was the way the films reflect their eras yet can also be in dialogue with one another, even across decades and generations. I found all kinds of interesting through-lines: cars, clothes, cliques, school, the threat of impending adulthood. And, of course, sex. The teen-movie genre begins with Andy Hardy,