Flashdance

This is the tale of 3 friends, young, blue collar adults who hope to make it in the performing arts. Dance, skating and comedy.I loved it when it first came out. I, too, had a career dream in those days. Seeing it some 35 years later, there is a lot here that is extremely unrealistic. An 18 year old girl is a welder, and has enough money put away for ballet school?Suspend your disbelief, and this is an inspiring film. Take your passion, and make it happen!In real life, this is likely to take much longer than this film depicts, but enjoy the movie.Without showing any sex, the lobster eating scene in the restaurant is erotic to the point of discomfort,It is amusing to me that the present generation finds this movie "creepy", because the boyfriend is older.It is also interesting to see how thing have changed so much since then. Now you have to have some type of great luck and "grand passion" just to find the simplest professional job that provides health insurance or other benefits.This is a story of people overcoming the odds- or not. Worth watching.

This new Blu-ray reissue of FLASHDANCE has some great packaging, however, it does NOT come close to the original Blu-ray release Paramount did some years back.I love the better packaging and the artwork, hands down. However, this new release could have been much better.They do have a new featurette FILMMAKER FOCUS: Director Adrian Lyne on FLASHDANCE.There are 2 featurettes brought over from the original release, NOT the 5 TOTAL that were on there originally.Theatrical Trailer is also here, NOT the TEASER TRAILER that was also available from the first Blu-ray with the black color. This new version has the blue color on it.The Menu is nicer than the original release and the new interview with Director Adrian Lyne is great. (6 Min)Audio is English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and subtitles are the same as original release.Again, I don't know why Paramount decided to rerelease this without all the material it has on the movie.Just makes it lackluster for content. I am a fan of the movie and was in high school when this came out. Love the soundtrack also. Irene Cara became even more famous for the title song after she did FAME.If you really love this movie, I recommend getting the original Blu-ray that was released some years ago by Paramount.

The last bluray transfer looked good so looks like it improved a bit.But the last bluray had more extras than this one.Not really worth double dipping.

While the movie isn't my favorite, I do have to give it props for what it does which is give an enjoyable film of dancing and the struggles of our main character Alex played by Jennifer Beals. The whole beginning sequence with the music and title sequence whilst Alex rides her bike is now one of my favorite scenes in cinema as its the embodiment of the 80's and what it was like as a whole. This movie was one of my mother's favorites and while I didn't get to see it with her unfortunately.. I do understand why she loved it so much. I would also like to add a warning that there's a dance scene with strobing and flashing lights that lasts for a few minutes just incase anyone is epileptic or sensitive to that. I'm personally not epileptic or sensitive to scenes like that but I felt like that scene went way to heavy on those effects but that's just me.Video quality is phenomenal for an 80's movie with many scenes being vibrant and full of color with little to no noise. Sharpness isn't the best but its far from the worst as many scenes allow you to see a lot of details on both the actors and their clothes or even the locations themselves. I did feel like skin tones were probably the only main issue as some scenes had slightly oversaturated skin colors. From my understanding, there's 2 (maybe 3) blu ray versions of this film with many suggesting to get the newer version as the image has been slightly modified to look better. Sound quality is just as good with a surround soundtrack that plays everything crystal clear, especially the music scenes. I did feel like some scenes had minor inaudible lines/low tone of voice but again I hear that the newest version of the blu ray fixes some of the issues so I'd highly suggest doing research to find that version.

I remember watching this as a teen and thought it was great, but looking at it now I can see the '80's vibe of shallow character development and simplistic plots. Since it is inspired by a real person's life, it is better than a lot of '80's films in the same genre. I would give it 3.5 stars if possible, not quite 4, because of the '80's sexism (did we really need several minutes of butt close-ups?) and making the women out to be hysterical, psychotic or bee-otches (more '80's themes by male producers/directors). If this film had been directed by a woman, screenplay by women, with Maureen Marder allowed to consult on the film (and give her more than just $2300 to sign over the rights to the movie), wonder how different/better it would have been?The music brought back memories, nice to have art portrayed as a desirable field of study. Some good shots of dance with music.

Isn’t it product placement when something appears on television or in a film that influences you to buy it? Well I’ve watched ‘the Internship’ numerous times on Amazon Prime (free of charge), and because I quite liked it i bought this (a film constantly m”referred to throughout that movie). I should have saved my £11.99. This film is absolute bilge. It plays on the attractiveness of its female lead (Jennifer Beals) and is very short of quality acting and storyline. It consists of scenes showing Beals buttocks as she twists and turns in the gym with her two friends as they work out, and other scenes where she dances provocatively at a local dive frequented by her steelworker buddies. It’s a poor film. I should have gone for one of the other films I’ve had in my Amazon shopping basket for some time.

Paramount have finally released Flashdance on Blu-ray Region A and B,and what a fantastic upgrade from DVD.Blu-ray video quality:Continuing the theme of contrasts, Lyne and cinematographer Don Peterman (Men in Black) shot a movie about artistic aspiration in the gritty urban style pioneered by Lyne's countryman Alan Parker for Fame (1980). Lyne then softened the imagery by dispersing smoke into the air in almost every shot such that, according to editor Bud Smith, there were always a few takes that couldn't be used because the actors were obscured. (Midway through production, the studio panicked and ordered that no more smoke be used, and Lyne posted an assistant to watch for the approach of any studio people, so that the smoke machine could be hidden before they arrived.) The result is an often soft, delicately colored image of a type that has gone almost entirely out of fashion in today's world of digital photography and post-production.Paramount/Warner's 1080p, AVC-encoded Blu-ray is a superb rendition of Lyne's and Peterman's vision, as it was seen by audiences in 1983. The grain and texture of the imagery have been retained without diminishment, but they never become obtrusive (unless one is allergic to even a hint of grain). No attempt has been made to compensate for the original photography's softness with digital tools, which is the correct choice, because the image has fine detail that artificial sharpening or excessive contrast could easily overwhelm. Besides, Lyne and Peterman carefully designed Flashdance for visual contrast between the muted everyday world and the garishly "hyper-real" stage show at Mawby's, with its intense colors and bright lights. A Blu-ray treatment that failed to render both ends of this contrast accurately would not do justice to the film. This Blu-ray does.Blacks are deep and accurate, and shadow detail is properly rendered in places where you're supposed to see it. Minutia of hair, faces, costumes and the rusting Pittsburgh cityscape are readily discernible, even if they don't pop off the screen in every scene (they're not supposed to). The average bitrate of 26.44 Mbps is sufficient for the rapid dancing scenes, primarily because there are more than a few episodes of simple, quiet conversations in between. In any case, I saw no compression artifacts.Flashdance was released in Dolby Surround and has been remixed for 5.1, which is here presented in lossless DTS-HD MA 5.1. As is typical of Paramount's remixes, the approach is conservative and does not attempt to create gimmicky rear channel effects where none are warranted. The stereo separation in the original mix was often effective in placing sounds of such locations as the steel mill to the left or right of characters, and those effects have been preserved. Otherwise, the chief beneficiary of the lossless multi-channel treatment is the historic soundtrack. The songs sound airier and more "opened up" than I have ever heard them before, from the moment Irene Cara's voice comes in over the opening titles. The dialogue is occasionally overwhelmed by Giorgio Moroder's instrumental score, but this has always been the case with Flashdance. The sound mixers understood what was important, and dialogue took a backseat to the beat.Paramount has released four DVD editions of Flashdance. The first in 2002 was featureless. A "special collector's edition" in 2007 added the array of features that have been ported over to this Blu-ray; that edition was reissued in 2010 (without the "special collector's edition" label) under the same cover used for the Blu-ray. In between, in 2009, Paramount re-released the featureless disc as part of their "I Love the 80s" series but included with it a limited edition CD of the soundtrack.Note that all of the featurettes listed below are essentially part of the same documentary, cut up into segments.The History of Flashdance (1080p; 1.78:1; 14:43): Lyne, Bruckheimer, associate producer Lynda Obst, Michael Nouri and actor Kyle T. Heffner (who played Richie the cook and aspiring comic) discuss the origin of the project, although there is reportedly much more to the story than they relate. For example, no mention is made of the involvement of other directors, although Brian De Palma was reportedly attached for a time, before leaving to make Scarface.The Look of Flashdance (1080p; 1.78:1; 9:13): The same group, plus editor Bud Smith and costume designer Michael Kaplan, discuss the film's visual style, especially its costumes.Flashdance The Choreography (1080p; 1.78:1; 10:10): The important new participant here is choreographer Jeffrey Hornaday. Lyne also discusses the various stunt doubles used to transform Beals into an extraordinary dancer, as well as the "dancing cop" sequence.Flashdance: Music and Songs (1080p; 1.78:1; 6:14): Giorgio Moroder and music supervisor Phil Ramone are the key participants here. (Note that Bruckheimer says he always referred to the film as a musical.)Releasing the Flashdance Phenomenon (1080p; 1.78:1; 8:53): Bruckheimer, Lyne and others discuss the film's release and its surprising success.Teaser Trailer (1080p; 1.78:1; 1:31): Tantalizing.Trailer (1080p; 1.78:1; 1:58): The trailer is effective, and it includes some quick cuts of footage that did not make it into the final film. Unfortunately, no deleted scenes appear to have survived.I don't know when Flashdance will be released in the U.K but their is no need to wait, buy this U.S version with confidence it plays on U.K players.

My Favourite Film So many Memories must of saw it 8 times in the cinema In 1983 Still weep as she arrives to tell her Friend Hannah she won the dance competition , only to find she had died When you hear the slow theme to the film Its just Class Luv it Luv it Luv it

This is a classic case of style over substance; for the first 20 minutes at least it does everything right but the film then veers into a series of tedious MTV style video sequences and in the process forgets to tell a story. The two lead characters are underdeveloped and somewhat irascible and so you don’t really care all that much about them and the pace of the film is erratic and spotty and never really capitalizes on its potential. The only thing it really has on its side is Nostalgia and its soundtrack but as a film viewing experience its dull and uninvolving.

I really enjoyed this film. The special features are really interesting, telling us about the history of the making of it from the director's point of view. The film itself is both exciting and moving. The costumes and make up, along with the fantastic dance routines, are magnificent. Even though Jennifer Beals is not a trained dancer and the main dance, that wins the audition towards the end of the story, is made up of several different dancers, it is so well orchestrated and choreographed, you cannot tell that it is not her good self! other dances throughout the film are magnificent. Needless to say the soundtrack is brilliant. On the whole a great film, timeless and an inspiration to any generation. Well worth watching - this is definitely a film that Jennifer Beals fans must see!