80s Movies: Eddie and The Cruisers

 

Rockploitation films in the 80s returned to the 50s with La Bamba and Dirty Dancing as the big hits of the genre.

Eddie and The Cruisers is an enduring cult fave and one of the most hysterical arguments I have with people is that this movie is based on a novel. It is not real.

There was a dowop band called The Cruisers – but there was never an actual Eddie.

 

it taps into our unwillingness to let go of our idols and how perhaps creativity cannot exist without the emotional pathos.

 

 

It hits us in that outside longing to be in, tough in public and vulnerable in private.

 

Michael Pare was one of my fave 80s’ actors, the Eddie sequel is a miss – but Streets of Fire is another 80s cult flick he starred in and The Manhatten Project was a great govt conspiracy lovers across time popcorn flick.