By Matt Zoller Seitz and Aaron Aradillas
This is the first installment in a five-part series about the evolution of the modern summer blockbuster, edited by yours truly, written by Aaron Aradillas and narrated by Dave Bunting Jr. (who also narrated the
Oliver Stone videos that I did with Kevin B. Lee for for the Museum of the Moving Image). The series, which will continue throughout the week on
The L Magazine's website, re-examines summer movies released in 1984 (Parts 1 and 2) and 1989 (Parts 3, 4 and 5), puts them in context of the politics and popular culture that surrounded their release and tries to show how they eventually led to the entertainment that dominates today. To watch the videos on The L's website, click
here.
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