A Tale of Two Summers: 1989, Pt. 1

A Tale of Two Summers: 1989, Pt. 1

By Keith Uhlich on August 27, 2009 in Film Jump to Comments (0)

By Matt Zoller Seitz and Aaron Aradillas

This is the third 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. It covers Field of Dreams, Do the Right Thing, sex, lies and videotape and the influence of American independent movies on mainstream Hollywood. 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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[Editor's Note: This is the original comments section for this entry, which did not transfer in the Blogger to WordPress import.] omar ahmed said... Who would have thought that a sleeper hit as benign as Field of Dreams and starring Matinee idol Kevin Costner could hold such repressed ideological resonance! This is a brilliant series of video essays, perhaps the best so far. I grew up with many of these films yet they seem to say so much about the 80s era. Thanks for this, guys, an excellent job and I will be using this with my students when considering the wider context of mainstream American cinema. 8/27/2009 2:55 PM Matt Zoller Seitz said... Thanks, Omar. Aaron and I worked really hard to try to make this as good as it could be, so your kind words mean a lot. 8/27/2009 4:39 PM
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