This is a record for the shortest amount of time between a blog post and then turning it into a "classic" -- about two months. Anyhoo, here's a link to my December 2022 review and examination of the classic 1980 movie Fame ... and below is an "on location" documentary that was made in 1979 at the time the movie was being shot in NYC.
The director, Alan Parker, makes a very interesting observation about Times Square and NYC at that time -- how you could pass the Broadway theaters and see the people who were at the very top rung of the showbusiness ladder ... and then, right next to them, were the adult theaters where you could see the people who were at the very bottom rung.
Fame is about the people striving to get to the top rung -- or at least stay off the bottom one, and this documentary captures that restless spirit perfectly.
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