40 years have passed since the launch of back to the future, and somehow, people still resonate with the themes the film addressed.
Reflecting on the film’s lasting impact, stars Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd recently revealed why they believe the film continues to connect with audiences after four decades.
“We live in a culture of bullies right now. We have bullies everywhere; I don’t need to point out who, but there are all these bullies,” Fox said in an interview with Empire. “In this movie, Biff is a bully. Time is a bully.”
Fox continued: “For me personally, Parkinson’s is a bully. And it’s all about how you deal with it and the determination you take in the fight with it. It’s about your resilience and your courage.”
The actor noted that “there’s a lot of that going on right now,” adding, “I think a lot of people are responding to the movie because it strikes a chord that they wouldn’t otherwise recognize.”
Lloyd, who played Doc Brown in the film trilogy, said: “It continues to surprise me how deeply back to the future The movies affected young people. “It still shows up all the time.”
back to the future was released on July 3, 1985. The film, directed by Robert Zemeckis, is set in 1985 and follows Fox’s Marty McFly as a teenager who is accidentally sent back to 1955, where he inadvertently prevents his future parents from falling in love, which threatens his very existence.
After the success of the original film, the sequel Back to the Future Part II was released in 1989, and a third film, Back to the Future Part IIIIt was released in 1990.
