Footloose

Time sure can be cruel to the films of your youth. When he first danced his way across Smalltown, USA almost 30 years ago, Kevin Bacon looked so cool in his skinny tie, tight jeans and soft-punk hairdo. Now he looks kind of silly. And that soundtrack you played so much you wore grooves in the vinyl? It’s now kind of lame. What’s weird is that although the things you used to love look silly, the things you probably ignored back in 1984 — like the performances of Bacon and costars John Lithgow — are a lot better than you remembered. It’s actually a good teen drama with something to say. They just dance when they aren’t saying it. There’s plenty of extras, including a cool interview with Bacon that provides some great behind-the- scenes tidbits, like the fact that his cool haircut cost the studio $1500, and that’s in 1980s dollars.