Wuchak
RELEASED IN 1987 and directed by Marek Kanievska, "Less than Zero" is a drama about a trio of rich 18 year-olds from Los Angeles. After graduation, one goes off to college (Andrew McCarthy), but returns for Christmas break wherein he finds his ex-girlfriend (Jami Gertz) and, especially, his buddy (Robert Downey Jr.) struggling with drug addiction in the Beverly Hills fast lane. James Spader plays a smug high society dealer.
This is the furthest thing from typical 80s youth flicks, like Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Karate Kid, Valley Girl, Footloose and Cant Buy Me Love (where theres, admittedly, a lot of range). Less than Zero has the epic, artsy style of Francis Ford Coppola films like The Outsiders and Rumble Fish (both from 198...