Nothing killed it-girl Diane Lane's career faster than Streets of Fire. But oh, how I loved that movie. It had kind of a Xanadu effect. When you are 5 years old, it's the best movie ever, but only when you are older does it become clear why your mom wouldn't take you to see it again: It's an abysmal, nigh unwatchable film. Don't get me wrong, I love a roller-skating Olivia Newton John. But hey, let's be real here.
I was walking through the library last night and was almost floored to see that they owned a brand spanking new copy of "Streets of Fire." My city has been paralyzed under a blanket of 12 inches of snow for two days, with more to come, so I wasn't about to pass up the opportunity to be snowed in for the weekend with a bowl of popcorn and a copy of this movie. I haven't seen it since it appeared on HBO in the early 1980s. Tonight is the night. Hubby doesn't know that yet, but while spoil the surprise? All I need to say is that Willem Dafoe is in it, and amazingly, he is, as the motor-cycle riding baddy who runs off with Diane Lane.
Diane Lane plays Ellen Aim, a foxy rock star. Michael Pare, is her ex-boyfriend Tom Cody, who returns to town only to watch her be kidnapped by Raven Shaddock, a pre-OScar nominated Willem Dafoe.Another Oscar nominee, Amy Madigan, plays butchie ex-soldier and Cody sidekick McCoy. All this and the hit song "I can dream about you." You didn't forget that one, did you?
If hubby protests, I will remind him that viewing such cinematic classics will give him something to talk about with our pal Brian, who is the author of "Wild Beyond Belief: Interviews with exploitation filmmakers of the 1960s and 1970s."
After all, it is good to have something new to talk about with your friends, isn't it?
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