February 25, 2006
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
What a great film! Defines the high school slacker genre, and connects the dots with Dazed and Confused, the John Hughes films (Better off Dead), Ferris Bueller, even Happy Days, and so on.
The California setting is especially crucial - the burger joint, the surfer Spicoli, the make out point, the mall. It's the quintessence of 1980s youth culture.
Posted by amol at February 25, 2006 10:47 PM
