That was a moment of transition, a truly seismic shift. Phillips: “American Graffiti” is the quintessential hot-rod movie. It’s a coming- of-age story that came out at the right moment.

Life was euphoric, even if the country was in a recession and everything beyond the utopian, poster-filled ... the story of American Graffiti is, it’s an incredibly lonely movie to watch unfold ...

In 1980, 17 of the top 80 pop hits on the Billboard charts were songs from movie soundtracks. Virtually every song heard in “American Graffiti” is “diegetic music,” which means it’s ...

REALLY NICE AND CALLS BACK TO A TIME. AND THE GEORGE LUCAS MOVIE THAT MADE ITS MARK ON THE NATION, AMERICAN GRAFFITI, WHICH FOCUSED ON THE CRUISING CULTURE OF THE 60S. THE MOVIE AMERICAN GRAFFITI ...