I love movie from the 1980s.
OK spoiler alert, I love movies from a number of decades, the increasingly number of which unsettles me greatly (stop aging body dammit) but movies from the ’80s, when I started going to the cinema without parental supervision, have a special place in my heart.
Many of these films from Ghostbusters to Back to the Future, Say Anything to Princess Bride and Top Gun, and of course, tons of others, have been given due tribute by Toronto, Ontario art director Scott Park in a series of 80 illustrations (quite apropos) collectively known as Eighty² which he described this way on his Tumblr:
“Introducing Eighty (squared): A tribute to the movies of the 1980′s. 80 characters, from 57 iconic 80′s movies. By no means does it feature every great 80′s movies. But it has lots of the ones I consider to the be the most iconic, the strongest in my memories, whether I saw them in the theatre (cause I’m old), or on VHS. Goonies, Ghostbusters, Gremlins, Breakfast Clubs, Karate Kids and a whole lot of Kurt Russell. Did I get your favourite? Who am I missing that will show up in the inevitable Volume 2?!”
Bring on Volume 2 because Volume is captivatingly awesome!
In the meantime, you can buy his prints at Hero Complex Gallery.
