Together in Electric Dreams: Films Revisiting 1980s Youth

Lesley Speed

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Nostalgic depictions of youth are commonplace in Hollywood cinema, but films that retrospectively examine growing up in the 1980s are a recent phenomenon. This focus on 1980s suburban youth is evident in films such as Grosse Pointe Black (George Armitage, 1997), and Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (David Mirkin, 1997), and the Wedding Singer (Frank Coraci, 1998). In Contrast to earlier films and television series that reflect the preoccupations of the baby boomer generation, these films present irreverent and at times cynical views of past youth. Contemporary films revisiting 1980s youth also invest in prolonging beyond teenage years behavior that is traditionally associated with adolescence.

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