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The soundtrack features Donna Summer, “On the Radio,” and it was a huge roller disco-era fm pop radio hit in the US.
LOL; yes! you are talking to the queen of roller disco! I even went roller skating for my 50-somthing birthday (to the chagrin of my friends). I have that song on my ipod, but I prefer MacArthur Park: Someone left the cake out in the rain I don't think that I can take it 'Cause it took so long to bake it And I'll never have that recipe again Oh, no
How high would you have been to write those lyrics? I also love her duet with Barbra: No More Tears
The mix of erotic breakup sadness, longing, and hope vocalized by Donna Summer in “On the Radio” still slays me.
This was a really formative movie for me. I apologize for the youtube "Randy Quaid" title: not true. It starred Jodie Foster and Cherie Currie of the Runaways. It centers on teen girls in LA and takes them seriously as young adults. The differences between a film like this and the teen films out today really demonstrates how infantalized young women are now. How sheltered and coddled. This film is much more accurate to my teens and begins to explain how many of us became feminists of this generation.
In what way? I'm curious about what you mean.
Me personally, it's hard to watch most older movies now being unable to ignore the insidious stink of male gaze and objectification of women and minors hidden behind romance and fake naiveté. Obviously that's not new and never stopped, but every era has it's own style and the 80s films have something in particular that especially disgusted me.
Yeah I'm confused about that part too
Now I want to watch this... I never heard of this before.
I really liked this movie too. It solidified the love I already had for Jodie Foster (she and Cherie Currie were the reason I saw it). Now I want to find it online somewhere and watch it again.