Jul 18, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min · 15 segments
This week Jackson, Jaxon and Mya watch and discuss the 1973 teen period piece "America Graffiti" directed by George Lucas.
Where were you in 62? A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college in 1973's American Graffiti, directed by George Lucas.
If you guys had told me that George Lucas' second directorial feature was, uh... chill end of school like high school buddy friend movie just hangout flick could have fooled me this was not what i was expecting at all from george lucas
what a diverse filmography I mean, I'm not super well-versed, but after watching this and, of course, being familiar with the Star Wars series and hearing Jackson talk about THX 1138, is that what it is? 1388? Yeah.
Whatever the number is, George Lucas' directorial debut, I'm realizing, like, whoa, this guy's got a game.
Yeah, pretty cool stuff.
Yeah, making sort of a...
But this is what I imagine Dazed and Confused is the vibe of, yes? Another week where I'm like, I feel like it's like this movie, but I haven't seen it.
LOL.
Of course, that one is the 70s, though, so also very different.
Yep.
It is funny to think about, like, he was making a period piece 10 years after the period.
And I feel like it's so different.
Like, I did not realize, once again, like, when we talk about decades, we think about it very linearly.
Like, oh, the culture from... 1950 to 1960 was this and from this to this and this to this, but it wasn't necessarily linear like that.
So we are kind of feeling this sort of fifties vibe in a film that takes place in 1962.
I mean, I was in a lot of musicals that took place in the 50s in high school, so I'm also thinking of Bye Bye Birdie, and I'm thinking about all these sort of...
I don't know.
There's such a specific vibe that is not necessarily unique to this movie, but I think that's why so many people love it, because it is...
It's a well-known sort of situation.
You know, teens at the sock hop in the late 50s, early 60s, driving around, going to the drive-in in the roller skates.
It is just such a fun vibe.
I was eating a burger and fries and drinking a Coca-Cola while I was watching this movie, which I feel like is the proper immersive experience to watch American Graffiti.
Where were you in 62? A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college in 1973's American Graffiti, directed by George Lucas.
If you guys had told me that George Lucas' second directorial feature was, uh... chill end of school like high school buddy friend movie just hangout flick could have fooled me this was not what i was expecting at all from george lucas
what a diverse filmography I mean, I'm not super well-versed, but after watching this and, of course, being familiar with the Star Wars series and hearing Jackson talk about THX 1138, is that what it is? 1388? Yeah.
Whatever the number is, George Lucas' directorial debut, I'm realizing, like, whoa, this guy's got a game.
Yeah, pretty cool stuff.
Yeah, making sort of a...
But this is what I imagine Dazed and Confused is the vibe of, yes? Another week where I'm like, I feel like it's like this movie, but I haven't seen it.
LOL.
Of course, that one is the 70s, though, so also very different.
Yep.
It is funny to think about, like, he was making a period piece 10 years after the period.
And I feel like it's so different.
Like, I did not realize, once again, like, when we talk about decades, we think about it very linearly.
Like, oh, the culture from... 1950 to 1960 was this and from this to this and this to this, but it wasn't necessarily linear like that.
So we are kind of feeling this sort of fifties vibe in a film that takes place in 1962.
I mean, I was in a lot of musicals that took place in the 50s in high school, so I'm also thinking of Bye Bye Birdie, and I'm thinking about all these sort of...
I don't know.
There's such a specific vibe that is not necessarily unique to this movie, but I think that's why so many people love it, because it is...
It's a well-known sort of situation.
You know, teens at the sock hop in the late 50s, early 60s, driving around, going to the drive-in in the roller skates.
It is just such a fun vibe.
I was eating a burger and fries and drinking a Coca-Cola while I was watching this movie, which I feel like is the proper immersive experience to watch American Graffiti.
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