Film

Dublin Core

Title

Film

Subject

Influential movies and directors of the 1980s.

Description

This collection features information on directors who made themselves household names during the 80s as well as some landmark films of the decade. Below each resource is a description in which overviews of films are detailed as well as their contribution to society at the time.

Collection Items

Blade Runner(1982)
A landscape shot from the 1982 cult-classic Blade Runner. The movie takes place in an imagined Los Angeles in the year 2019. The movie is known for its distinct aesthetic, and the introduction of cyberpunk themes to broader markets. Beyond this, the…

David Lynch(1990)
A photo of director David Lynch seen shooting Wild at Heart, a 1990 movie starring Laura Dern and Nicholas Cage...Which is all that will be said regarding that film. While Lynch's presence as a household name today comes from his episodic Twin Peaks,…

Kubrick's 'A'-Camera
A photo of a camera used by Kubrick, most likely from the 1975 movie Barry Lyndon. Kubrick is responsible for many iconic movies which have found their way into pop culture today. The most prevalent of all being The Shining, a horror movie starring…

Shot From Ferris Bueller's Day Off(1986)
The 80s saw the creation of titans within the coming to age genre, and much of that comes from John Hughes. From writing on National Lampoon's to directing the Breakfast Club(And Ferris Buellers Day Off of course), much in the same vein as Rebel…

Soul Man(1986)
This terrible Steve Miner(known for bad sequels to iconic horror films) flick is a "light-hearted" romantic comedy in which actor C Thomas Howell dawns blackface to attend Harvard. The main joke of the movie seems to be centered around affirmative…

Rube Goldberg Machines
Rube Goldberg machines(which get their namesake from the cartoonist) feature a blend of simple machines meant to work in synchronicity to accomplish a task. From "The Goonies" to "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", multiple 80s movies featured these…

"Back to the Future" Time Machine
Above is the time machine used in "Back to the Future", a retrofitted DeLorean DMC-12. Early on, the DMC-12 was marketed as an inexpensive sports car, unfortunately for DeLorean however, the number of presales for the car gave them the idea to hike…

Humanity vs Machine
The increase in state-of-the-art consumer-grade technology entering the market gave some filmmakers the inspiration to appeal to the Luddites of old. The shot above is from "Superman III"(1983) which features an evil corporate computer that turns…

Early CGI
The 80s saw the emergence of computer-generated imagery(CGI) within films. The first of which to feature large amounts of CGI scenes being "Tron"(1982), a movie perhaps more widely known for the arcade-cabinet game of the same name. Tron has a…
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