Did you know you can see some of the best movies from our childhoods on YouTube in their entirety? They are
I just watched Vision Quest for the first time last week, but I have been influenced by it or movies like it all my life. What a perfect representation of the 80s bittersweet/forbidden/impossible/unrequited love genre. It was made even more influential by Madonna’s “Crazy For You”, which I understand was written and recorded for the film. The movie was even called Crazy For You in some countries. Some people have panned this movie, but I found Louden to be just about everything I was back then: smart yet goofy, socially-ackward and prone to embarassment but driven by strong, genuine emotions. There are two copies of the movie on YouTube. I’ll link both here in case one disappears. Do yourself a favor and watch one of them.
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Doug this is a awesome post, I watched this movie over and over.I think I was in 5th or 6th grade when this came on HBO and I have to say that Linda Fiorentino was my first movie crush back then & she still looks as good now.Grrrrr
Grrrr indeed. I didn’t think she was that hot in Gotcha, but she was jaw-dropping beautiful here. She was also a problem for me in the 80s, though. I had seen the Crazy For You video and thought she just looked too old. I guess I was more used to the Alisa Milano type. Today, though, I can appreciate the more mature beauty.
@Doug I also ws a huge fan of A Milano, posters on the wall & all the magazines. As far as far as Linda goes well, have you ever seen The Last Seduction? double grrrr
Doug…thank you! I’m glad to hear that someone likes this movie too. :)