The '80s Really Were the Best
from The Gist Hosted by Peach Fish Productions
What made the movies of the 1980s so special, especially as compared to movies being made now? On The Gist, the Guardian's Hadley Freeman explains. She's the author of Life Moves Pretty Fast: The Lessons We Learned From Eighties Movies (and Why We Don't Learn Them From Movies Anymore). For the Spiel, Mike revisits the items that have escaped his searching, skeptical gaze.
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