Lost youth

Surfing around tonight, I found this and felt compelled to watch.

I wouldn't call it a favorite movie, really. As a film, it's not that great. But there's something about the culture it captures that is so familiar to me that I can't help but watch every time I get the chance.

I wasn't quite on the generation this was about--I was only 9 when the film came out--but I was close enough to it to feel it filtering down to me, and to recognize in this film so many people and situations I knew growing up.

( I can almost smell the Dr. Pepper LipSmackers and Love's Baby Soft. )