But adolescence is a sloppy, ungainly, awkward time, and after a while the bad lighting, graceless editing, sluggish dialogue and self-conscious performances begin to seem like marks of authenticity, as if the movie had been made not just for and about teenagers, but by them.
The whole text of this satire, bearing every mark of authenticity, has survived to the present.
All three contests bore the mark of authenticity that this confrontation lacks.
Removing the mediating elements of thought becomes a mark of authenticity, because it allows you to be more uninhibited in your sharing.
The England badge that has been the mark of authenticity for all county-reared players can be unstitched and pushed to the back of a drawer.
In this context, an identity crisis seems less like a flaw and more a mark of authenticity, because who really has themselves worked out at that age?
Like the ever-growing number of twenty-first-century tastemakers and designers who value traditional methods and materials, Morris strove to bring the mark of authenticity to everything he made.
To Guo Xiang, the hierarchical structure of society need not be oppressive, for each and every person is "equal" and self-sufficient, which enables an inner transcendence that is the mark of authenticity and the full realization of one's nature and capacity.
Another mark of authenticity is the fine, etched lettering that is usually included around the rim of Rolex watch dials.
If your watch was made in the past decade or so, you may be able to see this tiny mark of authenticity.
They put him there, and one of the marks of his authenticity is his belief in party democracy.
