Monday, March 24, 2014

saturday night fever (1977). directed by john badham.


this movie is more than just john travolta gyrating his sexy hips. the guy can really dance by the way. i haven't watched a lot of movies from the 1970's this past few years, so it is always refreshing to see a different way to tell a story. it is about a young man trying to escape the lack of opportunities in his italian american community, the fact that he doesn't have college education and yet can't see himself working in the hardware store his whole life, the lack of direction of his friends due to social stagnation. 

dance movie? nah, social critique more like it. 

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