Yuppies in Peril and Eighties Culture

A dissertation practical video project that explores the ideas of yuppies in eighties films and the culture that subsides with it.
Essay Question: How Reagan’s presidency and the declining US economy shaped the film culture of the eighties: an observation of the “yuppie” and their homogeneous circumstances within Hollywood Cinema.
FAIR USE: used for educational purposes only
All Rights Reserved to various film production companies
Clips included are from the following (in alphabetical order):
Beverly Hills Cop (Martin Brest, 1984)
Beverly Hills Cop II (Tony Scott, 1987)
The Big Chill (Lawrence Kasdan, 1983)
The Breakfast Club (John Hughes, 1985)
Bright Lights, Big City (James Bridges, 1988)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (John Hughes, 1986)
Robocop (Paul Verhoeven, 1987)
The Secret of My Success (Herbert Ross, 1987)
Someone to Watch Over Me (Ridley Scott, 1987)
Trading Places (John Landis, 1983)
Wall Street (Oliver Stone, 1987)
Working Girl (Mike Nichols, 1988)

[@DPWrepublic]

Yuppies, 80s, Luxuries, the peak of Capitalism culture in Cold War.

[@AryanKulkarni31]

I wonder if any of them got a res at dorsia

[@Kawasakifreak1]

Loved the 'can do' culture of the 1980's - it reset expectations for ordinary folks who had the energy & confidence to ride the credit wave & influences aspiration still to this day imo.

[@avelocidadmaxima]

Mercedes-Benz, , an office in Wall Street smelling Polo Green by Ralph Lauren with a Big leather chair and a lot... I mean a lot of smokers everywhere... Nothing represents the 80s vibes more than that ...

[@tiffanywitherspoon8722]

What a time to be alive.

[@MichaelLantz]

Yuppie Culture at it's finest

[@jamescooper6679]

Excellent

[@avelocidadmaxima]

The secret of my success movie... that one catch the 80s spirit perfectly... love it... from argentina...i love all U.S.A. Culture

[@kramnam4716]

Superb 👏👏👏

[@masterkent1]

I wonder if they all know that blue horseshoe loves anacott steel

[@irenak7008]

i love this song

[@Lol-ey2jg]

what is the songs name

[@viborgvee8399]

Everybody wants to rule the world by tears for fears.

[@rogermoore-gd9do]

Ive got more money than you and i dont like poor people.

[@eveab1316]

lol

[@blacklightfreakout825]

I hate poor people too, because they are too ghetto.