On the heels of last episode’s Double Indemnity (1944), Film Generations examines the 1981 film noir Body Heat, an update of the genre for the then youthful baby boom generation. This was the directorial debut of writer/director Lawrence Kasdan, an unknown who leapt into prominence when he co-wrote The Empire Strikes Back (now Star Wars V) and Raiders of the Lost Ark in the same year. 

Among Body Heat’s era-appropriate updates to film noir are explicit sexuality, a liberated femme fatale and buckets of body sweat, all in living color. This approach turned heads in in 1981 but does it get a rise from a young generation in 2026?

Find out as our panel reveals all, only on Film Generations.

Hosts: Mark Netter & David Tausik Panelists:  Guy Lewis, Olive Goldberg & Sonia Howell

An ElectraCast Production

Wikipedia:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_Heat

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082089/

Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1002830-body_heat

Roger Ebert: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-body-heat-1981

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