80'S LADIES: Mystic Pizza (1988)
The movie that launched a thousand careers…
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CONTENT WARNING: Inappropriate romance, employer-employee romance, ethnic bigotry, slut-shaming.
This week in our 80’s Ladies series, Eddie Louise (Tales of Sage & Savant) is here to talk about a movie that’s better known as “that movie that made Julia Roberts a movie star.” But that’s not nearly the whole story, and our conversation with our guest really helped us appreciate how novel and delightful this movie really is. It’s got some story problems (looking at you, Tim and Kat) and some location problems (MORE SCENES AT THE PIZZA PLACE). But there’s a lot of nuance, a lot of attention to detail, and some really outstanding performances from actors and actresses who would soon be household names. Not to mention, it’s a movie that’s about women finding pleasure and joy without really judging them - how could we hate it? Grab a slice and make sure to tip your server as we continue our 80’s Ladies series with Mystic Pizza!
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Intro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.
Excerpt of the Main Title, written and composed by David McHugh, and clips from the film Mystic Pizza are copyright 1988 Orion Pictures Corporation.
