In the early 80's I was trying to cobble together a sort of philosophy, an attitude towards life that asserted the value of Romance (both in its Fantastic sense as well as its Love sense) in the face of so-called Hard Materialism. I could see that Fantasy was even harder than Realism, and that it suffered more. There happened to be a perfect storm of films on the air at the time, and they all adressed and fed this philosophy. While I can see some limits to the idea (you don't go jumping from the rooftops in a cape and hope to fly) The Logical Song by Supertramp might well be the anthem for the struggle against mechanical conformity.
You Can’t Take It with You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56IGjR63fjM
They Might Be Giants
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSD5yKu27es
Dr. Detroit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR0scxS4Bao
The Amazing Time Travels of
Henry Osgood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17-nsXQjgMA
A Midsummer Night’s
Sex Comedy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsW2EFm3nSY
Heartbreak House
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P8z_YzQYmw
You could probably put Cyrano de Bergerac and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen and The Madwoman of Challiot in that list, too.
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