Wow, I think it’s been 20 years since I’ve seen this movie. Sometimes you just need a little Matt Dillon in your day.

It’s beautifully filmed in B&W with lots of cool shots of clouds and reflections and the coloring-in effect of the fish is really before its time, isn’t it. Although technically an 80s flick, it feels like a 50s/70s combination given the sock-hop feel of the stylin’ combined with the general 70s vibe, particularly Laurence Fishburne’s look. The fight scenes are very coolly choreographed. Diane Lane was just as gorgeous then, was she not? Same year, same director, same author, and some of the same co-stars (Lane, Tom Waits) as “The Outsiders” but totally different feel. As with many movies from back in the day, lots and lots of people you don’t realize are in this just popping out of the woodwork.

Other Matt Dillon recommendations: “Mr. Wonderful” (so cheesy but one of my favorite movies EVER!), “Singles” (!!), “Drugstore Cowboy,” “In & Out.” (And he is quite powerful in “Crash” but I’m hesitant to recommend it as people are always yelling at me about how wrong I am and much they hate that movie.)

Not recommended: “You, Me and Dupree,” which I randomly caught on cable last night while pin-basteing (and then BREAKING my quilt frame, but that’s a-whole-nother story). One of those “wow, I can’t believe these actors are in this horrific movie” experiences.