Tag: 1980s movies
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Forty Years after Reiner’s “Stand by Me,” Ben King’s Hit Song Resonates
I’m sure I heard Ben King’s hit “Stand by Me” before I saw the film. Rob Reiner’s 1986 adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Body,” “Stand by Me” came out as summer ended around Sept. 5th. In the American lore of coming-of-age experienced, summer has persistently been a mile-marker of these experiences! According to TV shows…
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In 1987 “Dirty Dancing” was Much More than Most of Us Thought!
As with many films the GenXers know, they wonder “how is “Dirty Dancing” nearly 40-years-old”? On August 21, “Dirty Dancing” was released in 1987. What any of us saw might be disparate from what or how we remember it more than 30 years later. The youngster dance and romance story aged in a peculiar way.…
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On the Anniv of “The Lost Boys’” 1987 Release, I Remember the Music More Than the Story.
The anniversary of the release of the 1987 movie “The Lost Boys” is July 31. How many people in middle age remember movies from their formative years – But not for the stories? I remember “The Lost Boys” less for the story and its shallow and tedious dark comedic subplot than the music. The story…
