Film director best known for Saturday Night Fever (1977) and WarGames (1983).

Directed films across genres; Saturday Night Fever is associated with disco-era culture and an important soundtrack; Wargames deals with early computing, artificial intelligence and nuclear-war themes.

Three DeBaser reviews discuss John Badham's work. Saturday Night Fever is read as a drama about youth and disco culture with an iconic soundtrack. Wargames is praised for its prescient take on computers, AI and nuclear risk. Reviews mix nostalgia, cultural analysis and critique.

For:Film enthusiasts interested in 1970s-1980s cinema, disco culture, and techno-thrillers.

 Tony Manero's life is simple, you work all week to party on Saturday night; youth hasn’t changed in this respect in the last quarter of a century, and rightly so.

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 Tony Manero's life is truly gray, and the only outlet is his passion for dance, for which he launches into pirouettes and virtuosity during weekend evenings.

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 In short, the final message of a film so ahead of its time is that it’s better to win peace.

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