Escaping Modesto

5.5
2022 0 hr 26 min Documentary

Dissecting George Lucas' early films, THX 1138 (1971), American Graffiti (1973), and Star Wars (1977), based on their autobiographic qualities, this short documentary investigates the advantages and disadvantages of reviewing a complicated cinematic work through the lens of an individual auteur. Does a filmmaker, particularly one whose films are drawn from personal experience, have the right to restrict access to their original works by substituting theatrical releases with director endorsed re-edits?

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Reviews

TrueHello
2022/05/14

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

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Tymon Sutton
2022/05/15

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

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Matho
2022/05/16

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

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Zlatica
2022/05/17

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

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