Monday, January 03, 2022

Movie review - "Rock n Roll High School" (1979) **** (re-watching)

 Lighting in a bottle. They got the Ramones, who are so perfect, but also PJ Soles, Mary Woronov, Paul Bartel, Clint Howard (hilariously balding student... perfect), Dey Young. The film has so much anarchy but also heart - more than say Get Crazy which I also saw. because Soles loves the Ramones but it also a good friend to nerdy Young who is a good friend to her - they have a sort of Marilyn-Jane Russell bond. Everyone raves about Soles from this film, deservedly, but Young contributes heaps too - as does Tim Van Patten and Clint Howard and the magnificent Woronov.

Great music, energy., finale. Every now and then the rough edges really show but it's made with heart.

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