{"product_id":"blu-ray-desperate-teenage-lovedolls","title":"BLU RAY - DESPERATE TEENAGE LOVEDOLLS","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"qsc-html-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBLU RAY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Markey's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDesperate Teenage Lovedolls\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1984) and its sequel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eLovedolls Superstar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1986), two underground Super-8 cult films together for the first time, rebuilt and remastered in UHD. Chronicling the rise and fall and the subsequent resurrection in the sequel of the fictitious all girl band, the Lovedolls. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Kind of an all-girl Spinal Tap\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e said the Los Angeles Reader at the time of release. The positive critical response didn't stop there. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This is worthy of a Joan Crawford vehicle\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e chimed The Village Voice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMade on a micro-budget and cast with members of the Los Angeles punk scene (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eRedd Kross, Black Flag\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e etc.), shot guerrilla-style on the streets of Hollywood and Santa Monica and Venice. This was a true Do-It-Yourself effort, made for the ragged fellow travelers on the scene at the time. It was also a testimony to inventiveness- made by disaffected kids without much resource, raised on junk food and trash television. The rags to riches story is one of classic Hollywood lore with tongue planted firmly in cheek. Produced for paltry $250.00, the film inspired a sequel with a budget 40 times that amount, made possible by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eDesperate Teenage Lovedolls\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e success.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eLovedolls Superstar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was an even more ambitious project with more expansive, if not completely out-there story telling. The parodies were even more pointed, confronting pop and rock culture of the time. No one was spared; from \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrews Springstien\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBilly Jack\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, from feminism to cult behavior, and to punk rock itself. They were unafraid to poke fun at themselves!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eLovedolls\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e films offer an antithesis to the squeaky clean, conservative 1980's America. They display just how far you can go with very little. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Markey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e would go on to helm many film projects, notably documenting the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eSonic Youth \/ Nirvana\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e tour in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003e1991 The Year Punk Broke\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"DVD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53988752097590,"sku":"760137204459","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/0016\/3126\/files\/2026-05-02_18-54-01.jpg?v=1777773257","url":"https:\/\/headlinerecords.com\/products\/blu-ray-desperate-teenage-lovedolls","provider":"Headline Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}