favorite movie #45: rumble fish

Favorite movies that have had an impact on me - #45 - Rumble Fish (1983) - Francis Ford Coppola wrote the screenplay for Rumble Fish with S.E. Hinton while they were filming the adaptation of her first novel, The Outsiders, on location in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Matt Dillon and Diane Lane appeared in both films. But where The Outsiders is an artful, yet faithful adaptation of the popular teen novel, Rumble Fish is truly an experimental film. Filmed almost entirely in black and white, with exaggerated camera angles that suggest everything from Rebel Without A Cause to The Cabinet of Dr, Calgari, Coppola is clearly having fun with the almost mythical tale of former gang leader The Motorcycle Boy (Mickey Rourke) and the younger brother who idolizes him, Rusty James (Dillon). The Police's Stewart Copeland provided the soundtrack, which incorporated real street sounds and a tick, tick, ticking rhythmic beat which emphasizes the "time" theme that permeates the movie. Beautiful, atmospheric, a classic.

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