A Mathematical Evaluation of the Most Nineteen Eighties Film Ever Made

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Pay attention. I’m going to stage with you: I don’t have a mind for maths. The one time the shriveled raisin that’s my math mind prompts is for very foolish, movie-related causes. You realize, like a statistical breakdown of the ever-growing age hole between Tom Cruise and his feminine love pursuits. Or a data-heavy take a look at what number of occasions lady characters of various ages converse in motion pictures.

Or as we speak’s video essay: a feature-length (!) breakdown of which Nineteen Eighties Hollywood film was THE MOST Nineteen Eighties. After an preliminary sweep of each movie launched within the decade, the essay focuses on breaking down ten movies throughout 5 classes: aesthetics (i.e. music video affect); the up to date movie business (i.e. geared toward a teen viewers); music (i.e. is there a Kenny Loggins track in it?); politics (i.e. demonizing the Soviet Union), and American tradition (i.e. how a lot is about ambition/changing into the most effective?).

The admirable objective is to find out which movie had to exist within the Nineteen Eighties. And within the strategy of making an attempt to suss out the 1980-iest film ever, the next video essay acts as an extremely entertaining crash course on the last decade and the movies it produced.

This can be a lengthy one, however it’s properly price it.

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Who made this?

This video essay decoding what’s the most Nineteen Eighties film ever was co-written by Patrick (H) Willems and firm.  Yow will discover their very own directorial efforts and their video essays on their channel right here. You may also discover Willems on Twitter here.

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