Interesting time when the film came out!
I always thought it was interesting how the film was released in 1980. Disco and Punk started to wane in popularity plus arena prog rock started to seem stale. MTV would debut the next year and New Wave and Hair Metal would take over. The year the ultra conservative "Just Say No" Reagan was elected in a landslide over the more laidback (Just like the 70's) Carter and one year before the AIDS virus was discovered in New York, LA and San Francisco (The three big capitals of Hedonism in the US during the sexual revolution of the 60's and 70's!)
any thoughts?