Life Moves Pretty Fast : The Lessons We Learned from Eighties Movies (and Why We Don't Learn Them from Movies Anymore) (Paperback)

from mooingzelda

While the 90s are more my era, I do enjoy 80s films and I really like Hadley's columns for the Guardian, so I was expecting to thoroughly enjoy this. However, I discovered that I haven't seen nearly as many 80s films as I think I have, so I was forced to skip chunks of this book. I did really lik...

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“When you grow up your heart dies.” - The Breakfast Club (John Hughes) I am a 80's tragic.. the music, the fashion, the movies... (just joking about the fashion). If asked, The Breakfast Club and Dirty Dancing are my two all time favourite movies, so when I saw Life Moves Pretty Fast by Hadley Fr...

from asxz

Just a little self-conscious for my tastes. Freeman shies away from full-blown memoir t talk semi-seriously about movies in the 80s and why they're important, but she can't help inserting herself also. It ends up being neither one thing nor the other.A little disappointing although passably enter...

from GirlWellRead

A special thank you to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.I miss the 80s, like I really miss the 80s (well, except for the unfortunate fashion choices that have actually become endearing). How can you not miss the music, the hair, and of course, the movies? Was there anything b...

from m_k_m

Overly hyperbolic as she may be (or maybe I'm just better at imagining situations than she is), Hadley Freeman's love letter to 80s cinema is ultimately winning. Insightful, interesting and with well-chosen examples. It's nice when people talk about why they love things. Now excuse me while I go ...