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I'm demonstrating how slow I can be, but I grabbed a copy of Saturday Night Fever on DVD recently and watched it for the first time on the weekend. No, I don't mean just the DVD - it was the first time I had watched the film from go to woe! It wasn't until I watched one of the special features that I realised why the film was so big - it brought disco into the mainstream. Well, that probably has to match the over blackness of the film's plot!
For a film that (re-?)launched two stellar careers: John Travolta and the Bee Gees, it bore a very dark plot, and the dancing, while technically very good, was not all that spectacular, save perhaps for the landmark scene when Travolta monopolises the floor. Life on the wrong side of the river in New York in the 1970s (and still today?) stands in stark contrast to the "Sex in the City" New York which tourists imagine.
Travolta's bleak life came alive on the dance floor of a Saturday night. It was his hope... his redemption... his one place of achievement. It gave him identity and purpose. Which is something of value!
Hard to watch... not a really 'entertaining' film per se, but powerful nonetheless.
Posted by gary at November 7, 2005 10:40 PM
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