Rumble Fish
Reckless
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Rumble Fish
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
With Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane.
US, 1983, 35mm, color, 94 min.
Print source: HFA
Amidst a sea of candy-colored teen movies from the 1980s came this stark, expressionistic interpretation of S.E. Hinton's popular novel, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Matt Dillon stars as Rusty James, an angry young man who gets caught up in a series of rumbles as he struggles to match the reputation of his even-angrier older brother, Motorcycle Boy (Rourke). The film's cast of notables includes Dennis Hopper as the alcoholic father of the two brothers, Diane Lane as the idealized girlfriend, and Chris Penn and Nicholas Cage as Rusty's fellow rumblers.
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Reckless
Directed by James Foley.
With Aidan Quinn, Daryl Hannah, Kenneth McMillan.
US, 1984, 35mm, color, 90 min.
Print source: HFA
Not-so-subtle shades of Rebel Without a Cause hang over the debut feature from director James Foley (Glengarry Glen Ross). Johnny Rourke (Quinn), a football player who would rather ride his motorcycle, falls for Tracey (Hannah), a well-to-do cheerleader. She won't give him the time of day until a New Wave soundtrack by Romeo Void and Kim Wilde inspires her to follow her heart. Like many '80s teen movies which end with the triumphant notes of Bob Seger, the film is set in an anonymous, economically depressed Rust Belt town, giving it a realist milieu which provides a fitting contrast to the feel-good New Romanticism of the period.
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Screenings from this program
Ballad of a Soldier / The Forty-First
Nightfall / Great Day in the Morning
Verboten! / Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street
I'll Never Forget What's 'is Name / The Jokers
Hearts of the World / True Heart Susie
Anna Christie / The Long Voyage Home
Suddenly Last Summer / The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Quiet Days in Clichy / Henry and June
The Freshman / The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
The Sheep Has Five Legs / The Law is the Law
Hobson's Choice / Sidewalks of London
I Know Where I'm Going / Outcast of the Islands
An Inspector Calls / The Belles of St. Trinian's
Mother Joan of the Angels / Thérèse
Dawn of the Dead / Strange Behavior
