Interviews with personalities including John Mellencamp, Spike Lee, Lou Reed, Roseanne Barr, David Byrne, George Michael and more, as they reflect on the 1980s.
Production
Rapid-fire editing mimics actual MTV style
Direction
Juggles dozens of egos without drowning
Editing
Music clips as punctuation, not padding
Director
Ted Haimes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
MTV originally aired this as a multi-part series in 1989, when the network still played music videos regularly.
Eric Bogosian's presence is fascinating—he spent the '80s satirizing exactly the celebrity culture this documentary celebrates.
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