"Looking For Mr. Goodbar" was a drama that ended in tragedy. The film was more of a sexual fantasy for a woman discovering herself. My attention as a teenager was the soundtrack - the theatre preview started with the finale breakdown of "Try Me I Know We Can Make It" by Donna Summer - that drew me in right away.
There were quite a few popular dance tracks in the soundtrack - here is the opening sequence with one that will be recognized and the theme sung by the great, Marlena Shaw.
The soundtrack to "Looking For Mr. Goodbar" featured several disco classics:
Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston
Lowdown - Boz Scaggs
Machine Gun - Commodores
Love Hangover - Diana Ross
She Wants To (Get On Down) - Bill Withers
She's Lonely - Bill Withers
Try Me I Know We Can Make It - Donna Summer
Back Stabbers - O'Jays
Prelude To Love/Could It Be Magic - Donna Summer
NOTE: Film to be posted soon
Looking for Mr. Goodbar is a 1975 novel by Judith Rossner, and a 1977 film by Richard Brooks starring Diane Keaton and Richard Gere, based on the true story of a woman who has an affair with her sadistic and misogynistic professor as the beginning of a long downward spiral that culminates in her brutal murder.
In recent years the film has been compared to Jane Campion’s 2003 In the Cut. Lou Lumenick in the New York Post called the latter an “erotic thriller that amounts to an implausible update on Looking for Mr. Goodbar.”
That brought back a lot of memories Glenn. The disco scenes in the film were filmed at a famous disco in Chicago back in the day, I can't remember the name but I stopped into that disco some years later during a visit to Chicago. Do you are anyone remember the name of the club? Thanks for the posting, a real time piece, very depressing but alluring at the same time.
ReplyDeleteThe film is a bit depressing. I was enthralled with it as a teenager - the party end of the film was a mystery to me and always seemed exciting. I do believe it is a great character development film - depicts Theresa's odyssey very well and in detail. The doom is sad. I can remember being in shock at the end of the film - it was almost as shocking as "Cruising"!
ReplyDeleteThe music is spotlighted here though.
Its indeed a little depressing movie,but i loved it when i saw it,i love the role of Tuesday Weld i believe she received an nomination for an Academy Award for best supporting Actress.Thanks Glenn for posting this classic.
ReplyDeletea classic.. thanks glenn
ReplyDeleteand what a bar! :)
ReplyDeletehahaha!!!
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