A very satisfying analysis! Risky Business didn't strike me as a teen movie. I regarded it as an adult movie with verboten scenes that required us adolescent boys to procure copies with a little creativity like scheduling the VCR to record the satellite feed at a time when mom and dad weren't home. The pacing, dialogue, subject matter, and soundtrack didn't align with other teen movies around that time. There was an uncanniness to it reminiscent of Michael Mann's Manhunter. I don't know if this is significant, but Risky Business and Manhunter seem like night movies where all the action is happening when most people are asleep. It's the creepy crawlies under Lynch's vibrant, watered green lawn.
Miles Dalby rules! I would've watched a spin-off RB sequel centered around Miles Dalby back in the day. Hell, I'd watch it now! Curtis Armstrong's memoir "Revenge of the Nerd," is hilarious. He's got great behind-the-scenes stories about Risky Business, RotN, Better Off Dead, and all the other '80s movies he was in.
You look like someone I think I saw on TV. Or a girl I met on the street, or maybe someone I went to school with, or one of my old classmates, or an old school friend, or maybe someone from the neighborhood. Anyway you have a face and a voice and a personality that is pleasant to look at. All the elements of the Big Screen come together when you're before the the camera.
Risky Business is absolutely one of those movies I've avoided for years because I assumed its reputation (pro-capitalism! Parties and boobs! Morals are for losers!) was earned. I had similar qualms about Miami Vice before starting to watch it, and it just really makes me wonder how much stuff from the 80's I've missed out on because of shoddy media literacy. (And for that matter, how much stuff from the 80's was, in fact, so wildly misinterpreted by its fans!)
That assumption that they were "misinterpreted by their fans" is quite narcissistic, or a "moral/intellectual superiority complex." It is absolutely possible that his fans have understood the entire message of the film, but that they simply do not go with the "pretentious" anti-establishment discourse in their daily lives. Most of these films that are both critical and entertaining are possible precisely because they exist within the universe that they simultaneously criticize. Which indirectly shows the positive side of said society within the disadvantages it also has. The same case you can see with another cult movies like American Psycho, mostly of their fans know about the criticism of the film, they just aren't pretentious about it and play with the plot becouse is actually parody-fun
Morgan please do “Over the Edge!” Matt Dillon’s first appearance and also weirdly prescient...That film had a huge impact on X icons like Kurt Cobain ( I keep suggesting movies as I love your channel
While the creators may have intended to opine the pitfalls of capitalism, my personal opinion is intentions are moot after the genie is out of the bottle. Others will interpret a creation as they choose. Frankly, I’m opposed to the creator’s and Morgan’s opinion Tom has sold his soul at all. He did nothing wrong, he did it very well, and the only downside was being taken advantage of by a hooker and a pimp robbing him of his property.
So now we have to make it a point that an LGBT character is treated as a punchline and maybe that's not good? Geez, enough of the politically correct sensitivity crap. It's a movie!!!
Thanks Morgan. Great as always.
Wondering how many times I watched this movie on HBO growing up in the 80's.
This film has a Michael Mann feel about it, to me. Have you ever watched Thief?
HA! I have it on DVD!
A very satisfying analysis! Risky Business didn't strike me as a teen movie. I regarded it as an adult movie with verboten scenes that required us adolescent boys to procure copies with a little creativity like scheduling the VCR to record the satellite feed at a time when mom and dad weren't home. The pacing, dialogue, subject matter, and soundtrack didn't align with other teen movies around that time. There was an uncanniness to it reminiscent of Michael Mann's Manhunter. I don't know if this is significant, but Risky Business and Manhunter seem like night movies where all the action is happening when most people are asleep. It's the creepy crawlies under Lynch's vibrant, watered green lawn.
Miles Dalby rules! I would've watched a spin-off RB sequel centered around Miles Dalby back in the day. Hell, I'd watch it now!
Curtis Armstrong's memoir "Revenge of the Nerd," is hilarious. He's got great behind-the-scenes stories about Risky Business, RotN, Better Off Dead, and all the other '80s movies he was in.
Cool video. Yeah its amazing to think Joel was even conceived with parents like that. 🌞
You look like someone I think I saw on TV. Or a girl I met on the street, or maybe someone I went to school with, or one of my old classmates, or an old school friend, or maybe someone from the neighborhood. Anyway you have a face and a voice and a personality that is pleasant to look at. All the elements of the Big Screen come together when you're before the the camera.
Great analysis. You perfectly explained why this movie so enduring. It’s a ‘teen’ film with very adult sensibility.
Risky Business is absolutely one of those movies I've avoided for years because I assumed its reputation (pro-capitalism! Parties and boobs! Morals are for losers!) was earned. I had similar qualms about Miami Vice before starting to watch it, and it just really makes me wonder how much stuff from the 80's I've missed out on because of shoddy media literacy. (And for that matter, how much stuff from the 80's was, in fact, so wildly misinterpreted by its fans!)
That assumption that they were "misinterpreted by their fans" is quite narcissistic, or a "moral/intellectual superiority complex." It is absolutely possible that his fans have understood the entire message of the film, but that they simply do not go with the "pretentious" anti-establishment discourse in their daily lives.
Most of these films that are both critical and entertaining are possible precisely because they exist within the universe that they simultaneously criticize. Which indirectly shows the positive side of said society within the disadvantages it also has. The same case you can see with another cult movies like American Psycho, mostly of their fans know about the criticism of the film, they just aren't pretentious about it and play with the plot becouse is actually parody-fun
Morgan please do “Over the Edge!” Matt Dillon’s first appearance and also weirdly prescient...That film had a huge impact on X icons like Kurt Cobain ( I keep suggesting movies as I love your channel
Does anyone know who played the school nurse?
She's excellent ;))
Princeton could use a guy like Joel
She broke HDS heart.
I believe Joel ended up being Gordon Gecko on Wall Street.
Joel needed a gap year in Reagan's Be All You Can Be U. S. Army Reserve.
While the creators may have intended to opine the pitfalls of capitalism, my personal opinion is intentions are moot after the genie is out of the bottle. Others will interpret a creation as they choose. Frankly, I’m opposed to the creator’s and Morgan’s opinion Tom has sold his soul at all. He did nothing wrong, he did it very well, and the only downside was being taken advantage of by a hooker and a pimp robbing him of his property.
So now we have to make it a point that an LGBT character is treated as a punchline and maybe that's not good?
Geez, enough of the politically correct sensitivity crap. It's a movie!!!