Movie
1980
Times Square is a 1980 American drama film directed by Allan Moyle and starring Trini Alvarado and Robin Johnson as teenage runaways from opposite sides of the tracks and Tim Curry as a radio DJ. The film is set in New York City. The plot embodies a punk rock ethic of misunderstood youth articulating their frustrations toward adult authority through music.
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Punk music was in recent years compared with Trump presidency, because the main appeal of both phenomena was in the disruption of an old order and showing the middle finger to the Establihsment. The latter is something that was recognised by the authors of *Times Square*, 1980 drama film that tried to interpret emerging popularity of punk music as an act of new youth rebellion. The plot is set in New York City, main…More
