I only saw it at about 13 or so, at the height of my Star Wars obsession, and I thought it was fantastic. I watched it many times throughout my teens because of the sheer beauty of it and its ability to conjure childhood so convincingly.

Incidentally, the '90s got quite meta about itself:

Incidentally, the '90s got quite meta about itself:

Was 13 going in, and 23 coming out. So much of the '80 bled over into the '90s in terms of computer games and so on that my first big clue that something had changed was Grunge.

Was 13 going in, and 23 coming out. So much of the '80 bled over into the '90s in terms of computer games and so on that my first big clue that something had changed was Grunge.

Yes, I pointed out how twinkly music a la American Beauty was becoming an annoying signifier of "quirk" (as observed by the hip) quite a few years ago and no-one got it. I think it reached its annoyance climax in the form of that Pamplamoose band a while ago.

Yes, I pointed out how twinkly music a la American Beauty was becoming an annoying signifier of "quirk" (as observed by the hip) quite a few years ago and no-one got it. I think it reached its annoyance climax in the form of that Pamplamoose band a while ago.

Completely agree. The protagonist is Duvall (who is superb), and Douglas is an audience surrogate who turns unsympathetic very quickly indeed. I think if you take too much baggage into it, you'll likely miss its point: revealing reactionary whining for what it is.

Completely agree. The protagonist is Duvall (who is superb), and Douglas is an audience surrogate who turns unsympathetic very quickly indeed. I think if you take too much baggage into it, you'll likely miss its point: revealing reactionary whining for what it is.

Waffer theen.

Waffer theen.

The Dreamers is not a very good movie about anything in particular, but it does feature a young Eva Green without any clothes on for a meaningful percentage of its running time.

The Dreamers is not a very good movie about anything in particular, but it does feature a young Eva Green without any clothes on for a meaningful percentage of its running time.

Thanks for putting this into words. I like to think of myself as a feminist, but the sort of rah-rah blustering you're describing here has always irritated me immensely.

Thanks for putting this into words. I like to think of myself as a feminist, but the sort of rah-rah blustering you're describing here has always irritated me immensely.

How on earth could anything since Tilt be categorised as "pop"?

How on earth could anything since Tilt be categorised as "pop"?

It was a pretty awful, transparent way of giving herself the moral high ground from the start. And of course dissent would be moderated to oblivion and met with Antinous' one-liners. I stayed right out of that thread.

It was a pretty awful, transparent way of giving herself the moral high ground from the start. And of course dissent would be moderated to oblivion and met with Antinous' one-liners. I stayed right out of that thread.

Children of God really is an amazing entry point, although I think for unacquainted listeners, Various Failures may be a lot gentler and more seductive. If you can figure out what the bunny period has in common with the early stuff by means of Children of God, then it's bound to be less incomprehensibly assaultive.