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Hi everyone I just thought I will share this piece with you here. I very much like the VIBE of this 80s Hungarian Song and real footages of Budapest shot in 1988. This was the reality here back then in one of the most advanced places within' the Soviet Union. Hope you gonna like it Car : Lada, the shape can be familiar to those familiar with the 1960s italian cars because the Soviets basically purchased the Fiat 124(1966-1974) platform and started to build their own cars from that. So they didn't have to start designing something from zero. This particular one in the video has something of a modified front bumper or a lip added to it so it looked big business at the time I guess

I don't know how well known is this movie in the US but IMO this is one of the best 80s style movie ever made in Europe. Soundtrack is beautifully selected, cars especially porsche 928 and that R107 SL also great representation of this era. I fuckin love this movie, so I thought it deserves a thread on this forum because stylewise it's really close to Miami Vice

First of all, let me tell you that I absolutely adore L.A. Takedown. I noticed there are two kinds of people when it comes to this movie; those who didn't like it (or downright hated it) because they find it dated, that the acting is truly horrible, two dimensional and because it didn't have a big budget and was made for tv. And there are those like myself who find it excellent, even better than Heat actually. I personally think it never received enough credit and therefor I wanted to start this threat and share my views on this highly underrated gem. I once read it was created as a possible follow up series to MV that never took off, but I cannot confirm this. L.A. Takedown is classic Michael Mann, in fact it has Michael Mann written all over it. It's a neo-noir / hardboiled cops and robbers story. Therefor it's no surprise that things are set In L.A - the dame of angels has since long been the backdrop of countless noir stories and movies. For those of you who may not be familiar with the noir genre, one of it's defining characteristics is that instead of shooting film in fabricated sets in a studio using cranes, dollies and expensive lighting setups, noir filmakers would often use real city backdrops with fairly inexpensive camera and lighting setups. Often working with much smaller budgets and smaller crews than full fledged Hollywood productions. Working that way they would also inadvertently and in retrospect leave a record of an era that was no more. We can already see that several boxes are being ticked when it comes to L.A. Takedown and noir: Real city backdrops - check! Small budget and crew - check! Testimony of a bygone era - check! That's not where it ends either, because of the small budget, filmmakers in the noir genre often would have to be much more creative in the way they bring the story to their audience. When shooting in black and white they would very often use techniques borrowed from classic art forms like expressionism. Underlining already dramatic storytelling by the use of intense visual contrast by pitch black shadows created by single point lighting as used by Italian renaissance painters called Chiaroscuro. The departure from noir into neo-noir would as is the case with L.A. Takedown be that instead of shooting in black and white with intense contrasts, they would shoot in color and use other visual tricks to enhance the story. And that's exactly where the genius of Micheal Mann emerges, right from the get go Mann introduces a subtle but clearly noticeable 'pace' in L.A. Takedown. Throughout the whole movie there's a "rhythm" skillfully created by blending all the required audio-visual ingredients. As we all know by now, Mann has this uncanny talent to use the right music at exactly the right moment. Yes, he even use a track from MV in one of the scenes - but then you must understand that it's his M.O. - Mann is known for his re-use of music (yes, even from other movies). But this pace is not only to be attributed by the use of music with the visuals or the way the scenes are skillfully entwined with for example fantastic areal night shots of LA skyscrapers , the whole time you can see it in the actors too - they are always moving! Even during what seems like small conversations they keep doing things or handling objects. Coincidence you think? I don't think so! If you pay attention you'll notice that there's a moment where this pace, this rhythm actually stops for a brief moment to further enhance and accentuate a pivotal moment in the movie, you guessed it; it's the epic coffee shop scene where both pro- and antagonist meet face to face. By the way, this larger than life confrontation is rumored to have actually really happened! What's more, I think the acting and general performance of all the actors is actually very sharp and to the point - some people have claimed it to be wooden or uni-dimensional, but forgive me for not agreeing at all, because I really don't know what they expected? To me playing it flat and not very colorful or expressive is exactly what is required for guys that spend their days doing what they do. There's some great dialogue in there too, so all in all I consider this a outstanding movie that has everything to be considered excellent.

Hello! Greetings from Finland I just made this account and this feels like a nice community My hobbies are Aikido and making music. I'm also a big movie fanatic Btw I have just released my new music video (footage from Miami Vice and Scarface) so if you like 80s music, go check it out! Here's the link :

Post your favorite 80's songs of your country.I'm from Poland so this is my propositions.

Maybe some here will find this interesting. I was interviewed last year by an 80's design blog about the "Miami Vice look" (interior design, artwork, etc.) http://mirror80.com/2013/08/the-80s-connection-skylar-strickland/

Great, so I have to retype this. I hate when that happens! Victor, just got your envelope with the Steven Seagal clippings and love it. Victor and I used to hold a Miami Vice International Pen Pals Club, anyone, please post or P.M. if you're interested. For me, the excitement of receiving mail from overseas is great, and life is too short not to experience something so rad. Lithuania vs. U.S.A. in basketball tomorrow, 3 P.M. EST on ESPN. I'll be drinking my Lithuanian beer while cheering on both teams. Finally, shout-out to long lost Vice DJ Philippe, our friend from Bruges, Belgium. Please visit and help spread his mixes, all you '80s fans.. http://www.mixcloud.com/80sBroadcast/?utm_source=notification&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=new_upload&utm_term=cloudcast_owner_link&utm_content=html