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Showing posts with label 1980's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1980's. Show all posts

Thursday, September 4, 2008

What do you think Ferris is going to do?



A group calling themselves PROJECT BUELLER is planning on recreating the famous TWIST AND SHOUT parade scene from JOHN HUGHES' classic 80's film FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF, during the Sept. 6th DEITCH ART PARADE.

Will it come off? The website posts this rather low-quality (and French-dubbed in the beginning) YouTube clip, calling for viewers to recreate the extras in the Chicago-land scenery. Hopefully you'll be able to distinguish the right outfit for your version of "Evelyn," or at least have time to practice your choreographed stair dance.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Let it guide our feelings



French post-wave stylist LEOS CARAX likes to use pop music to guide his scenes, often from DAVID BOWIE, and often with his favorite actor DENIS LEVANT jumping around and/or dancing.

This clip, from the 1986 film MAUVAIS SANG (Bad Blood) might just be one of my favorite scenes ever. The spirit of the New Wave and the deep romanticism of CARAX anchor the scene, but LEVANT's exuberant run down the street to MODERN LOVE is what made it famous.