{"id":15728,"date":"2012-05-16T08:00:27","date_gmt":"2012-05-16T13:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=15728"},"modified":"2012-05-07T09:33:31","modified_gmt":"2012-05-07T14:33:31","slug":"super-8-on-dvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/super-8-on-dvd\/","title":{"rendered":"Super 8 on DVD"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>If you lived through the ’70’s, you’ll\u00a0love\u00a0this movie about a group of kids making a movie in the summer of 1979 who inadvertently uncover a government conspiracy when a train they were filming spectacularly derails and reveals an incredible secret.\u00a0 It’s fun to spot the things that are really specific to the era\u00a0( 8-track tapes, giant tv’s with small screens\u00a0and the very straight, limp hair styles) or spotting things that weren’t common, at\u00a0least around here (wearing backpacks and saying, “Totally!)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> The kids are charming and their movie-filming sequences are a\u00a0riot. (Super 8<\/strong><\/em> <\/a>is a bit of an homage by J.J. Abrams\u00a0to Steven Spielberg, who also produced the film).The plot about a government conspiracy is secondary to the setting and the whole vibe of the time. The kids seem very independent compared to today; they run around the town and into the countryside at night, on their own. They take their movie craft very seriously, but\u00a0the ongoing squabbling amongst themselves is typically juvenile.<\/p>\n

A visit to 1979 for a couple hours; far out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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