Yeah, I'm a late boomer. I don't have deep thoughts on the '80s. I know a lot of people grew up in the '80s and look back on them fondly. There were some decent movies in the '80s, but my nostalgia is in the '60s and '70s. The '80s were when things started to get weird.
Do you agree with the modern retro-portrayals of the 80s in cinema and TV-shows?. It's often portrayed with neon lights, hairspray and big hairdos, synth music sounds, and has this oddly bright vibe, perhaps more sophisticated than the earlier preceding decades and more bold and expressive with pushing the boundaries. In docs about the 80s, it's often portrayed as the decade of excess and money is flowing left right and center.
Personally, I feel I was more 60s kid at heart growing up in the 80s. (ie I did not subscribe to VHS tapes, VHS video-tapes or block cell phones, but was facinated with the super 8 mm film camera, the 16 mm film projector and most of the late 80s film hobby was using what USED to be all too common in the 60s/70s as it pertains to film media. I simply found the contraptions very engaging as a child, like where was something visceral of looking at different pictures on celloid with the sprockets and optical sound strip next to it where you can just smell it.
You've relayed in prior posts you have lots of experience with film as no doubt this would have to be very common in the 60s/70s. Indeed, home videos looks like something that started near the end of the 70s and into the 80s. In modern times, however, I embrase modern tech and have little to no nostalgia for either VHS tapes, DVDs, but still don't forget that film projector and film up to this day.
