ROLLER BOOGIE (1979)
“Ahhhh Venice. I was pretty sure it would only take me about 4-5 people before I found someone who could sell me heroin there. So-I was alive in ‘79 and grew up in the early 80s. If you NEVER MET a black person, but only new them from movies of that era, you’d be STUNNED that they didn’t rollerskate everywhere with a boombox, right? How did we get to NWA like only 8 years after this, LA?”
-Tommy Gazelle
“A young John Kerry stars opposite post-exorcism Linda Blair in a movie about rollerskating. They skate, they fuck, they smile! Venice Beach: where bearded dudes wear Baja drug-rugs and sleep in the sand. It’s, like, where I feel spiritually at home and yet I’m embarassed about that.”
-Danny Gazelle