IndieWireAug 19, 2023

‘Parents’ Is the Middling ’80s Cannibalism Classic Worth Reheating — Again and Again
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'Parents' Is a Baffling 'Blue Velvet' Copy Cat: IndieWire After Dark

Randy Quaid and Mary Beth Hurt nauseate in Bob Balaban’s bizarre horror feature from 1989.

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IndieWireAug 18, 2023

‘Stop Making Sense’ Producer Gary Goetzman Talks David Byrne, Jonathan Demme, and the Making of the Rock Doc That Changed Concert Movies Forever
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https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/stop-making-sense-gary-goetzman-movie-re-release-1234897379/

Stop Making Sense Producer Gary Goetzman Talks Movie's Re-Release

’80s Week: Asked what “Stop Making Sense” looks like on IMAX ahead of A24’s upcoming re-release, Goetzman replied: “The big suit… is REALLY big.”

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IndieWireAug 18, 2023

When Scorsese Met Ballhaus — the ’80s Collaboration that Redefined Their Careers (and Cinema)
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https://www.indiewire.com/features/craft/martin-scorsese-michael-balhaus-80s-after-hours-color-of-money-last-temptation-1234893219/

Martin Scorsese and Michael Balhaus' 80s Films Redefined Their Careers

’80s Week: How the greatest director of his generation came back from near-defeat with the help of cinematographer Michael Ballhaus.

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IndieWireAug 17, 2023

From ‘Breakfast Club’ to ‘Vampire’s Kiss’: When the Question of Consent Was Played for Comedy
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https://www.indiewire.com/features/commentary/breakfast-club-vampires-kiss-consent-comedy-1234892821/

'Breakfast Club' to 'Vampire's Kiss': When Consent Was Comedy

’80s Week: Star Molly Ringwald has reflected on the legacy of her John Hughes classics, but how did an entire decade decide to make fun of consensual sex?

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IndieWireAug 17, 2023

‘The Shining,’ the Steadicam, and the Man Who Changed Filmmaking (for the Better)
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https://www.indiewire.com/features/craft/the-shining-steadicam-garrett-brown-kubrick-history-1234897190/

The Shining, Steadicam, and Garrett Brown Changed Cinematic Language

’80s Week: Garrett Brown, Stanley Kubrick, and the decade when Steadicam forever altered the language of camera movement. 

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IndieWireAug 17, 2023

‘My Brother’s Wedding’ Filmmaker Charles Burnett Reflects on the Painful, Protracted Journey of His Nearly-Lost Masterpiece
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https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/charles-burnett-interview-my-brothers-wedding-1234897039/

Charles Burnett Talks His Almost-Lost Masterpiece My Brother's Wedding

’80s Week: “I thought that if it was cut right, then we could’ve had a story that really spoke to what was going on in the community,” the filmmaker told IndieWire of his second feature.…

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IndieWireAug 16, 2023

‘Buddies’: Inside the First Movie to Deal Frankly with AIDS in the 1980s
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https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/buddies-1985-movie-aids-1234896737/

'Buddies': How the 1985 Movie Dealt with AIDS

’80s Week: The film’s only living star, David Schachter, tells IndieWire how pornographer-turned-activist filmmaker Arthur J. Bressan Jr.’s microbudget 1985 indie was the first to…

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IndieWireAug 16, 2023

A Farce with Teeth: Hal Hartley Chronicles the Making of His Scrappy Debut ‘The Unbelievable Truth’
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https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/hal-hartley-the-unbelievable-truth-interview-1234896568/

Hal Hartley Chronicles the Making of Debut ‘The Unbelievable Truth’

‘80s Week: “I was going to have to rely on the thing that I felt most confident about, and which, in fact, is the cheapest: words,” remembers the “Henry Fool” director.

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IndieWireAug 16, 2023

‘Fatal Attraction’ Is Much More Than the Definitive ’80s-Era Erotic Thriller
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https://www.indiewire.com/features/commentary/fatal-attraction-definitive-erotic-thriller-1234896215/

'Fatal Attraction' Is Much More Than the Definitive '80s-Era Erotic Thriller

’80s Week: Adrian Lyne’s genre classic is also a cautionary tale about modern feminism, the femme fatale trope, and how little things change.

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IndieWireAug 15, 2023

‘Streets of Fire’ Should Have Been the Biggest Rock Musical of the ’80s
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https://www.indiewire.com/features/commentary/streets-of-fire-rock-musical-80s-appreciation-1234890530/

'Streets of Fire' Should Have Been the Biggest Rock Musical of '80s

’80s Week: Walter Hill’s “rock & roll fable” was a box office bomb, but four decades on, it’s finally getting the recognition it’s always deserved.

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