Over the Edge
I was on the phone with a friend tonight and stream of consciousness conversation being what it is; I eventually landed on the topic of the film “Over the Edge”. It’s a 1979 teen iconic film. Also, it has a killer soundtrack. I looked on YouTube for the film trailer to show the friend and I saw that someone had uploaded the entire film in nine-minute blocks. Awesome!
Laugh the boys wearing short-shorts and knee socks if you must. And, I realize that Matt Dillon is high-wasted bell-bottom jeans and a cut-off t-shirt is absolute jam-packed with humor when viewed through the eyes of the modern world, but this movie’s message about bored teens is timeless. Of course, these days there would be way more guns and drugs.
1979! This movie is coming up on being 30 years old! It makes me feel absolutely ancient to identify so closely with something that old. Take a look at Matt Dillon and Vince Spano. They are so young and pretty they almost look like wood sprites flitting around.
Posted on May 17th, 2008 by onecleardot
Filed under: Entertain Me
Wow, that was a blast from the past! I’d watched bits and pieces of that movie as a kid on network TV and never knew was it was called, but I was JUST thinking about it this week!