Pump Up the Volume is worth watching for Christian Slater's

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Pump Up the Volume is worth watching for Christian Slater's Jul 31, 2021 14:31:03 GMT jeffersoncody likes this

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Post by janntosh on Jul 31, 2021 14:31:03 GMT

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So Pump Up the Volume was pretty good mainly because of Christian Slater’s performance which is excellent. I can see why at one point many thought he would be a Johnny Depp or DiCaprio type star.

The movie does fall too much into the “teens are all victims and the adults all suck” mentality which made me roll my eyes (I mean are you telling me there are no happy teens with any support out there?). Honestly I wished I had watched movies like this and The Breakfast Club when I was a teen because I could probably connect to them more because watching them as an adult it's not hard to see these kids as just whiny brats
Slater and his monologues really helps make it worth watching

Interestingly the movie is not available to stream. Only way to watch is either but the new Warner Archive Blu ray (which is pretty pricey for a Blu ray with no extras) or track down the old 90s flipper/snap case DVD

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I saw this movie when I was about 13 or 14 years old. It talked about stand-up comedy, involved radio, included poetry, cited literature. The soundtrack had some of my favourite musicians like Pixies, Sonic Youth, Bad Brains, Leonard Cohen. I wanted to be like Hard Harry and go out with a girl just like Nora Diniro. When Harry hid away by day from Nora, she'd make the cracked society he was trying to salvage disappear, like 'Peanuts', or 'It Follows'. At night, he found his voice and came alive.

Pump Up The Volume (Pump Up The Volume) ...

'Wave Of Mutilation' _ Pixies

This movie meant everything to me and I am always a night owl. "Talk hard".

'Titanium Expose' ~ Sonic Youth

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darksidebeadle Revered Member @darksidebeadle Posts: 11,357 Member is Online	Pump Up the Volume is worth watching for Christian Slater's Jul 31, 2021 23:54:23 GMT via mobile jeffersoncody and petrolino like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by darksidebeadle on Jul 31, 2021 23:54:23 GMT It’s worth watching for everything

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Pump Up the Volume is worth watching for Christian Slater's Aug 8, 2021 11:41:22 GMT via mobile petrolino likes this

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Post by HumanFundRecipient on Aug 8, 2021 11:41:22 GMT

I snapped up that Bluray so quickly and watched it the first moment I had free time. Side note: the plot involving the students who "didn't count" has happened too many times in real life.

You say it, you even think it, you can have it. Are we beginning to see the possibilities here?

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Pump Up the Volume is worth watching for Christian Slater's Aug 15, 2021 1:55:45 GMT

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Director Allan Moyle emerged from the Quebec underground of the 1970s. Quebecois cinema has lost some legends in recent years. Moyle worked regularly with writer Stephen Lack who went on to headline David Cronenberg's horror movie 'Scanners' (1981) in a telling nod to Quebec culture (the movie concerns underground political activity).

Rafal Zielinski was the leading filmmaker in Canada when it came to teenage troubles, but Moyle worked predominantly in America when he turned to directing. America had John Hughes, Amy Heckerling and Savage Steve Holland making waves.

'Pump Up The Volume' was originally intended as a novel. Check out 'Times Square' (1980) which also features a disc jockey, the criminally underappreciated 'The Gun In Betty Lou's Handbag' (1992) which cameos legendary guitarist Cordell Jackson, 'Empire Records' (1995) which documents life in a record store, and 'Weirdsville' (2007) which riffs on the enduring legacy of drive-in cinema.

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Mulder and Scully Senior Member @jackiemoon8 Posts: 1,763	Pump Up the Volume is worth watching for Christian Slater's Aug 15, 2021 2:08:55 GMT via mobile petrolino likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Mulder and Scully on Aug 15, 2021 2:08:55 GMT "Pump up the Valium" "Pump up the Valium" "Pump up the Valium"

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