When I was a kid in the 1980s, I listened to The Beatles and Jerry Lee Lewis, and I watched shows like The Monkees and Father Knows Best. I knew who Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre were. I had at least a cursory knowledge of artists who were popular decades before I was born.

I often wonder if kids today have that same sort of knowledge. It isn’t fair to expect teenagers today to know who The Beatles are, or Bogart. They existed not a couple of decades before teenagers today were born, but more than half a century ago. But do they know Nirvana and Alanis Morissette, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Demi Moore? Maybe. I see kids wearing Nirvana shirts all the time, and we’ve shown my daughter lots of films from the 1980s.

I don’t know if any of this is important. I do know that I love classic cinema, and I’m always thrilled to see old films get nice new releases. I did know who Errol Flynn was as a kid, but until this set came out I’d only seen one or two of his movies.  I really enjoyed getting to know him better. You can read my full review of the set here.