Most of my ‘comfort food’ movies - the ones I watch over and over again, the ones that I keep downloaded on my phone or laptop, the ones I never tire of - come from this time period. In this period of relative peace and prosperity, post-Vietnam and Watergate, pre-9/11, movies could be unfettered fun. Advances in technology were making for interesting premises, but hadn’t advanced to the point where it would interfere with the story (seriously, half of all pre-2000s movies wouldn’t have existed, because their plots could be solved in minutes if someone had a cell phone/the internet/a GPS). It was a sweet spot when the blockbuster was taking off, but special effects hadn’t gotten to the green-screen fest we’re now mired in every summer movie season. But the ’80s and ’90s were also just an amazing time for movies. Perhaps this was inevitable, since I’m a child of the ’80s and these were the movies that I watched, and loved, in my formative years. In many ways, and more than any of my other books, ‘Save the Date’ is an homage to some of my favorite movies from the ’80s and ’90s. What I get asked the most about while touring for my newest novel, ‘Save the Date,’ is inspiration, and if I was inspired by pop culture.
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