
While watching ROLLER BOOGIE please keep in mind that director Mark L. Lester would go on to make COMMANDO with Arnold Schwarzenegger and DP Dean Cundey would shoot most of John Carpenter's movies as well as the BACK TO THE FUTURE Trilogy and JURASSIC PARK.
Special Features:
No special features, but the transfer looks pretty solid and is absolutely a step up from the DVD.
Special Features:
No special features, but the transfer looks pretty solid and is absolutely a step up from the DVD.
BABY IT'S YOU (1983; John Sayles)

And speaking of actresses I have crushes on, I can't deny that Roseanna Arquette is another such lady. Not only is she stunningly gorgeous with vibrant eyes that are nearly electric to gaze upon, but she also has this manic and contagious energy about her that I get a real kick out of. I'm thinking of her in movies like AFTER HOURS where she's the kind of gal you'd ride across New York City at midnight on a Tuesday to hang out with on the off chance that something unforgettable might happen. BABY IT'S YOU is not only one of my favorite Roseanna Arquette performance, it's also one of my favorite movies. Arquette plays Jill, a kind of straight-laced academic type A personality who finds her life turned slightly off-kilter when she catches the eye of a boy in her high school who is know primarily as "The Shiek" (Vincent Spano). The Shiek is a very working class hustler type who is really not a compatible fit for Jill, but he is drawn to her and pursues her with fervor. His devotion and persistence as well as his moxy ultimately wins Jill over and she finds herself at a crossroads when she is ready to go off to college. The Shiek is not going to college. That's not his path at all. His path is to end up elsewhere (not where you'd expect by the way). BABY IT'S YOU was scripted by John Sayles, based on a story by producer/actress Amy Robinson. You definitely get the sense that it's based on some kind of personal experience for her and that makes it feel quite genuine. It resonates universally too in that it reminds us all of that relationship we may have had in our youth that was problematic, but there was just something really potent about it. The memories we have of that person stay with us throughout our lives.
Like ROLLER BOOGIE, BABY IT'S YOU was shot by one of the great cinematographers ever (in this case, Scorsese collaborator Michael Ballhaus). The film is set in 1966 and thereabouts and it also has a vibrant soundtrack (some of which was rescored for the home video release of the movie) which consists of tracks from Frank Sinatra, Bruce Springsteen and the Shirelles to name a few. In fact, the film has what I believe to be one of the best uses of a Frank Sinatra song in cinema that I can think of. It is used to purposefully and so movingly, it won't soon be forgotten once seen.
BABY IT'S YOU has a great poster too that I have always found a perfect fit and one that is subtle in a way that no key art from a present day movie ever is. It's simply a yearbooks spread with the activities of the two main characters juxtaposed. Jill has a lengthy list of activities that are demonstrative of the achiever that she is and would look great on any college application. The Shiek's activities list consists of one thing and one thing only: "Woodshop Monitor" ( I love the idea that this would be a thing that you would even put in a yearbook). I always adored that. It really says so much about these two completely disparate people that somehow find a spark igniting between them.
Special Features:
No special features, but the transfer looks good and is better than the DVD by a good bit.
No special features, but the transfer looks good and is better than the DVD by a good bit.
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