Screening Log, January 2010

Heavy Metal Parking Lot
USA / 1986

It’s 1986. Landover, Maryland. Judas Priest is playing the USAir Arena. Dokken opening. Two guys with cameras hit the tailgate. The short documentary, really just an extended montage, is exactly what you would expect.

And yeah, there’s a lot of implied condescending sniggering, a lot of scoffing at the mullets and rolling eyes at the shirtlessness and giggling at the unknowingly hopeless women who want to “jump Rob Halford’s bones”. But the thing I took away most from the 20-minute gonzo cult treasure was this:

My god, there are NO fat people there.

So who are we, with the advantage of hindsight, to feel superior?

by Katherine Follett | Source: hulu.com
17 Jan 2010 7:52 PM | Comments (2)


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  1. marky
    18 January 2010
    7:56 PM

    We may have the hindsight from our own youthful experiences, but they grew up, too.


  2. Joan
    22 January 2010
    7:23 PM
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    Bravo! You have a keen eye for detail! ;)


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