"Flashdance" was the surprise mega-hit of its time, the movie soundtrack was also a best-selling album and it was clearly obvious which such forces
combined some music video for the main song performed by Irene Cara had to be released. But this isn't a case where a concept was created or there was
something outside of the film to be presented, so director Adrian Lyne and his editors simply picked the most memorable parts of the film and cut together
to match the hip energized Oscar winning song. It's uplifting, magical and full of memories for fans of the movie - like me - to see the power and glory of a 1980's classic, with Jennifer Beals either working hard on her job at day and dancing, sweating her body at night in spectacular dance routines. What a
feeling...8/10
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What a feeling, 40 plus years on
safenoe7 May 2024
Warning: Spoilers
Take your passion, and make it happen, is one of the famous lines from Flashdance...What a Feeling, and it was released at around the same as Footloose, and one similarity is the music video, because the Footloose music video (the one with Kenny Loggins) solely features clips from the movie. It's the same here with What a Feeling by Irene Cara, all clips from Flashdance. It would have been ideal if Cara and Jennifer Beals had appeared togather in the video. One sad fact I learned recently, is that Sunny Johnson, who played the ice-skater, tragically passed away one year after the movie was released.
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