Life moves pretty fast
Subtitle: the lessons we learned from eighties movies (and why we don't learn them from movies anymore)
By: Hadley Freeman
Edition: First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
ISBN-13: 9781501130458
Subjects: Motion pictures; History
Description: "From Vogue contributor and Guardian columnist Hadley Freeman, a personalized guide to eighties movies that describes why they changed movie-making forever--featuring exclusive interviews with the producers, directors, writers and stars of the best cult classics"--
Notes: "An earlier edition of this work was published in Great Britain in 2015."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-321) and index.
Table of contents: title: Dirty dancing: abortions happen and that's just fine; title: The princess bride: true love isn't just about the kissing parts; title: Pretty in pink: awkward girls should never have makeovers; title: When Harry met Sally: romcoms don't have to make you feel like you're having a lobotomy; title: Ghostbusters (with a segue into Top gun): how to be a man; title: Ferris Bueller's day off: the impact of social class; title: Steel magnolias: women are interesting; title: Baby boom: successful women are sexy as hell; title: Back to the future: parents are important; title: Batman: superheroes don't have to be such a drag; title: Eddie Murphy's eighties movies: race can be transcended; title: Epilogue.