I saw this film when I was around 12yo (that would be during the Bush years). Didn’t see the significance, the appeal, or the overall merit. At all.
The scene on the bus was downright weird. He acted like he’d just taken a satisfying bowel movement rather than a bride.
It’s generational, you had to be around before 1980 to properly appreciate it.
“Didn’t see the significance, the appeal, or the overall merit. At all.”
I always thought the movie’s “merit” was overblown. That’s heresy to many people.
Feigned nonchalance and exaggerated shows of apathy were very big back then. Bob Dylan still does that today. “Whatever, Man. Don’t be so uptight.”