Times Square 1980

I loved this too and played the shit out of the soundtrack.

I think it was positioned as the punk/New Wave version of "Saturday Night Fever," which it definitely was not.

[quote]Now everything from late 70s early 80s looks as old as Weimar Berlin.

Ain't it the truth, OP.

"I'm me-napped!"

"The Sleez Sisters dedicate this to Brian Jones and all the other dinosaurs who got kicked out of the band!"

Meanwhile, Smithereens was more like the real thing

[quote]Now everything from late 70s early 80s looks as old as Weimar Berlin.

This is such an intriguing way to put it, because to me, as someone not born then and someone from another country even, both those periods in history do have a lot of similarities in my mind, what I imagine to be the general energy of the time, if that makes sense.

A couple of blokes on here have recommended Smithereens, and I have found a copy. I have heard it's a bit depressing though, so just need to be in the right mindset to watch it.

East coast version of the equally unrealistic Angel (1983). makes 70s Times Square seem slightly more dangerous than Disneyland

The 70s in Times Square was far better than the 80s. In the 80s things started to change to what Times Square is today which is the armpit of hell.

It's like The Legend of Billie Jean meets New York.

R4 well the sunglasses matched her skirt

Hey, fans of TIMES SQUARE: it's being developed as a stage musical. Which is... interesting. (There's a huge trend toward projects centered on adolescent girls, as that's increasingly the audience).

Trini Alvarado was a solid actor as a kid, and quite pretty. She should have had a bigger career as an adult.

Trini was born in NYC in 1967 so she was 12 or 13 when she made this film

[quote]Now everything from late 70s early 80s looks as old as Weimar Berlin.

That is very true. That time period seems practically ancient now. SUCH a long time ago. And I'm saying this as someone who was alive back then. Granted I was a kid, but I was still around.

[quote] I loved this too and played the shit out of the soundtrack.

Same here.

All the movies and albums I loved as a kid were NY-centric. I couldn’t wait to leave my small town and move to the big city (I never did it).

Never heard of this...looks interesting, at least for the time/setting amboance. Also, sick soundtrack. Is there anywhere to watch this?

The first time I saw this film the opening titles sequence grabbed me hard

It's funny, I just came across this video of Patti LuPone and Cynthia Nixon on Andy Cohen saying they thought Time Square was much better back then.

As a pre teen then, I loved Taxi Driver and Saturday Night Fever. Then I became a teen in the 80s when the culture changed to “death to disco” (aka, gay music) and Republicanism and AIDS. Life was a major disappointment. Fortunately early 90s NyC got some of that edge back before it was wiped out completely by 2000.

NY in the 70s provided a great backdrop for so many urban films: Little Murders, Klute, The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three, Death Wish, Born to Win, Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, The French Connection, Shaft, Hi, Mom! The Possession of Joel Delaney, Serpico . . .

Dressed To Kill

Superman, Fame, Working Girl - all in a loop as a kid. My dream was to leave South Philly and move to NYC. So glad I was able to do it! The gay club scene was still good in the mid-90s, but sad now.😔 Times Square lost all its edge. It is like downtown Disney - Not NYC. But I still love NYC though!