Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

Okay it's time for some highschool movie. They're always good for the hip styles at the time the movie was released. Ridgemont High is a typical American highschool that houses pretty girls, cool guys with varsity jackets, cheerleaders, nice cars they got from their parents, smooth Italian dudes and stoned skaterboys. This one is a classic with such still young actors as Sean Penn and Forest Withaker.

Interesting are some of the timeless styles these highschools bring along. Varsity Jackets with leather armsleeves, Ray-Ban Wayfarers and the twins with their button-up-top shirts could've been some contemporary hipsters. What really grabbed my attention here were the sneakers: Off the Wall Vans, Converse All Stars, New Balances and the Nike Cortez.

Cannonball! (1976)

There are many B-films that can be very enjoyable when you enter them with a different state of mind. You have to realize yourself the acting will be bad, characters will be foolish and the fact that you have to see the film as a caricature of some aspects of society - just don't take it serious. This is one of these films and it really provided for some very comic moments from time to time.

Add up to it the lovely cars chasing and wrecking each other. There's the fire-red 1970 Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am driven by the protagonist (David Carradine), the 1976 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray and the amazing yellow DeTomaso Pantera (designed by Tom Tjaarda). Ford supplied the engine for the Pantera to compete with General Motors and their GT car: the Corvette. Without a single doubt I prefer the Pantera - I would love to be in the drivers seat of that car one day, damn. Watch out for the still with Martin Scorsese, Paul Bartel (director of Cannonball) and Sylvester Stallone eating some Kentucky Fried Chicken accompanied by some wine.