However, this new image is a couple of shades brighter than the 2013 release. Likewise in the dance club, reds of the lighting or the blue light bulbs in Alex's first dance number are a more true blue and less purple. Primaries also appear to have been better handled this time around, the opening title card and subsequent credits have a deeper red quality where the 2013 disc looked a little more pinkish. Flipping between discs, the grain in the 2013 disc could look a bit gloppy - especially against brighter white backgrounds, that effect isn't apparent here with the grain looking more stable. Some fine details are a little softer, but it also doesn't look like DNR was employed either. Film grain is apparent throughout but not as prominent. Both releases are impressive in their own ways and one doesn't completely outpace the other as they both have flaws. The disc loads to a static image main menu with traditional navigation options.įlashdance already had a pretty great release in 2013, but for this new Paramount Presents edition, director Adrian Lyne oversaw a new 4K restoration - and the results are a bit of a tossup really. The slipcover opens to reveal the original poster artwork.
Pressed onto a BD-50 disc, the disc is housed in a clear case with cardboard slipcover with spine number 4. A viewing every ten years or so is enough for me - but I know plenty of folks who love this one to their core.įlashdance gets a second chance on Blu-ray from Paramount taking over releasing duties of this title from Warner Brothers as part of their new flagship Paramount Presents label.
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If nothing else it's a great showcase for some impressive talents and considering the music videos that were clearly inspired by this movie - it certainly left a mark. Story and thematic misgivings aside, it is an entertaining show. The finish may be a grand finale but she was already capable of doing that as we see her strut her stuff multiple times throughout the movie.īut there I go, trying to make sense of a movie like Flashdance - a flick that's hellbent on being cool with a killer soundtrack. Alex is talented and can choreograph intricate dance performances that earn the cheers of the hundreds of people packed into the club when we meet her… but she needs the encouragement of her boyfriend/boss Nick to try out for dance school and achieve her dreams? I'm all for a "go for it!" dream film - the best sports movies are essentially that - but here it all boils down to Alex being too emotionally fragile and Nick is the one to give her the gumption to try which to me undercuts any strength as an individual Alex carries. Sure, it's inspirational in that tone of going for your dreams, but it's not unique. Some folks like to point to this movie as an 80s female empowerment movie but that doesn't hold water for me. Where it doesn't quite work for me is neo-feminism as defined by Joe Eszterhas and Tom Hedley. Director Adrian Lyne with his cinematographer Donald Peterman deftly captures the sexy sultry imagery with vigor and style. The cast - or at least their dance doubles - do amazing work on screen. And the dance numbers are impressive as well. There's a damned good reason this movie's soundtrack sold as many copies as it has over the decades. The cast may not be doing any singing, but they're certainly performing in time with some of the catchiest pop songs of its era. What I appreciate most about this movie is that it works like a pseudo musical. Flashdance is certainly entertaining, but it doesn't hit me in the nostalgic feels like it does with a number of people.
Given the circumstances, it was quite a while before I earnestly sat down and watched this one.Īnd… it's alright. A high school kid a few grades ahead of me did a recreation of Alex's aerobics routine to "Maniac" by Michael Sembello - it's important to picture he was about 6'2" and easily topped 250 pounds wearing spandex, it was quite the show! Even Mystery Science Theater 3000 did a goof with it as a host segment for their Horrors of Spider Island episode. Suddenly everyone seemed to have this soundtrack either performing tribute talent show performances to it - or doing outright parodies. Catching the eye and encouragement of her boss/boyfriend Nick (Michael Nouri), Alex gets the chance to prove to herself and to everyone else she's not just another floozy dancing at a nightclub - she has real talent.īeing all of one when it hit theaters, Flashdance didn't really hit my radar until the mid-90s when the film seemed to have a resurgence at my school. So, she marks time as a welder at a Pittsburgh mill. She wants to join a prestigious dance school - and certainly has the talent - but her fear of performing in close intimate settings keeps her from trying. A talented dancer at an exotic night club, she commands the stage and the audience.
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