The director of such structurally oriented films as JEANNE DIELMAN, 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES (1975), and LES RENDEZVOUS D'ANNA (1978) focuses her dialectical analysis on the most steadfast of American film genres, the musical, to comment perceptively on the state of modern
romanticism. GOLDEN EIGHTIES is set completely inside the restricted, claustrophobic environs of a sterile, ultramodern shopping mall. Every day the mall fills up with hurried, fashion-conscious workers, who contend with the dreariness of their working routines by filling their heads with dreams
of romantic love. There is the girl, Boyer, who runs the tiny snack bar, anxiously awaiting...
Released:
1986
Rated:
NR
Length:
92 mins