The cult classic turns 30 in a world where it could never get made again – and a world where Ryder became the representative for a certain section of her generation. Screenwriter Daniel Waters: “The triumph of the film is that Winona brings so much to the role. It’s so endearing. So, any rewrites I did, I ended up, I wouldn’t say softening her, but making her more real. Here I am trying to make a Stanley Kubrick teen film, a cold clinical dissection of teen films and I’ve got this pulsing heartbeat through Winona.” – Variety