St. Elmo's Fire
(dir. Joel Schumacher)
A mixed bunch of University graduates find life in the real world much tougher than they thought.
Re-watching this movie recently, I slowly realised that this is really what I expected grown up 'real life' to be like. Crashing round people's 'pads' on the floor after a row with the wife, shooting vodka at random moments and playing the sax. Even casually smoking a fag while haphazardly cooking stir fry.
This movie is so John Hughes-esque it's unbelievable, even though he didn't have anything to do with it. It does however turn out on the DVD commentary that Joel Schumacher had an office just down the corridor from Hughes, so they no doubt had a crazy night out, ended up having a glass of brandy and smoking a fag together on the fire escape while mulling over ideas.
Part goofball, part genius. This movie works on many levels.
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