There was a piece online this week from CBS This Morning where film critic David Edelstein of New York magazine called the summer of '82 Hollywood's Best Summer Ever for movies. If you look at the lineup, you just might agree; E.T., POLTERGEIST, STAR TREK II: WRATH OF KAHN, CONAN THE BARBARIAN, ROCKY III and even TRON. He says it was the last summer of big movies with personal themes before the marketeers took over. He is not alone in his assessment.
In fact, down in Texas at one of my favorite local movie houses The Alamo (where I've had a few films play myself!), they are doing a summer retrospective of the summer of '82. They have these movies playing on their original release dates even. What a fun idea! Anyway, you can watch the segment below and post your comments about whether you agree with Edelstein.
