I’m fascinated by the late ‘70s to early ‘80s period. It’s kind of a melancholy era, trapped between the hangover of Watergate and the onset of AIDS and Reaganism, and the art from that period really reflects that I think.
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Something I loved about the film is just how earnest it is. The kids are all passionate dreamers who are trying to be pure artists, a far cry from the careerism that’s infected everything nowadays.
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Anyway, speaking of this period, if you ever want to feel really depressed, go to the NYT archives where you can view scans of the actual paper, and look at the Arts section from a given day during this period. You will weep at we’ve lost.
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