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From Walter Hill, the director of ''[[The Warriors (film)|The Warriors]]'' and ''[[48 Hrs.|Forty Eight Hours]]'', ''Streets of Fire'' is a 1984 film, described as a "Rock'n'Roll Fable". Its setting is a kind of [[Alternate Universe]], a mix of an over-the-top 50s and a dystopian near-future as seen from the 80s; a card in the opening title sequence tells us it's set in "another time, another place." The charm of this film lies in its darkly beautiful shots with lots of shadow and smoke and piercing colors, the comic-book style storytelling, and [[Crowning Music of Awesome|fantastic music]], and it is especially [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff|popular in Japan]], despite having no initial success, commercially or critically. Notably, [[Bubblegum Crisis]] and [[Final Fight]] were influenced by this film.
'''''Streets of Fire''''' was intended to be the first in a projected trilogy of action films called "The Adventures of Tom Cody" with Hill tentatively titling the two sequels, The Far City and Cody's Return. However, the film's eventual failure at the box office put an end to the project.
The song "Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young", which plays in the ending scene and over the credits (and whose title also appeared as the tagline for the film) was later adapted into "Der Tanz der Vampire" ("The Dance of the Vampires") in the German-language stage musical [[Tanz der Vampire]].
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