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Author Freeman, Hadley, author.

Title Life moves pretty fast : the lessons we learned from eighties movies (and why we don't learn them from movies anymore) / Hadley Freeman.

Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2016.
©2015

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 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  791.430973 FRE    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  791.4309 FRE    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  791.4309 FRE    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  791.43 FREEMAN    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  791.43 FREEMAN    Check Shelf
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department  791.43 FRE    Check Shelf
Edition First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
Description viii, 339 pages ; 22 cm
Note "An earlier edition of this work was published in Great Britain in 2015."--Title page verso.
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [311]-321) and index.
Contents Dirty dancing: abortions happen and that's just fine -- The princess bride: true love isn't just about the kissing parts -- Pretty in pink: awkward girls should never have makeovers -- When Harry met Sally: romcoms don't have to make you feel like you're having a lobotomy -- Ghostbusters (with a segue into Top gun): how to be a man -- Ferris Bueller's day off: the impact of social class -- Steel magnolias: women are interesting -- Baby boom: successful women are sexy as hell -- Back to the future: parents are important -- Batman: superheroes don't have to be such a drag -- Eddie Murphy's eighties movies: race can be transcended -- Epilogue.
Subject Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs.
HISTORY -- North America.
Motion pictures. (OCoLC)fst01027285
Motion pictures -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01027384
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Online version: Freeman, Hadley. Life moves pretty fast. First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2016 9781501130663 (DLC) 2016000145
ISBN 9781501130458 (paperback)
1501130455 (paperback)
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