Together in Electric Dreams
Films Revisiting 1980s Youth
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11353467 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lesley Speed (0000-0002-6908-7293, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 22-29 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Popular Film and Television (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0195-6051 • E-ISSN: 1930-6458 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01956050009602818 |
| OpenAlex | W2067153090 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
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
Art · Art history · Hollywood · Humanities · Movie theater · Phenomenon · Sociology · Cinema and Media Studies · Music History and Culture · Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |