Spencer and Dave are going back to talk the sequel to George Lucas' rock n' roll and hot rod hang out picture, with More American Graffiti from 1979 on the latest Vintage Cinema Review. This movie may look like a simple cash grab in for the huge success of the first film and the Star Wars boom but instead this movie really delivers film making like few others have tried. Literarily brining everybody back from the original film except Richard Dreyfuss but Harrison Ford still shows up. We got Ron Howard, Cindy Williams, Paul Le Mat, Candy Clark, Charles Martin Smith, and Mackenzie Phillips. With Bill L Norton writing and directing the story from George Lucas.

There are four stories going on, that cut back and forth, pre Tarantino style to deliver the events of New Years Eve from 1964-1964. Each one is shot and edited together in a completely different film style to really add some artistic flair throughout. John Milner has his drag racing story, in ultra-wide screen cinema style, Toad's tale goes into his journey into the Vietnam War and is shot in 16mm full screen to come across like news footage. Then the most interesting take is Debbie's story as she is now hanging out in San Francisco during the prime hippie era and everything is in multi camera view. So, you can get anywhere from 2 to 9 different screens going on at once. Similar to the Woodstock movie and music videos as well. The last story, Steve and Laurie are shot in a normal widescreen and starts off like a hard drama with their marriage falling apart as Laurie wants to leave her motherly duties and join the workforce. No way is a conservative man like Steve going to take that with his Modesto California farm upbringing, so you see their struggle unfold as they get involved in riots and protests for the war trying to bring it all back together.

Overall, the stories are really interesting and everything just adds to the characters we first met in the original film. The movie is still funny and is filled with wall to wall music of the mid sixties era. And even for a modest budget there is still a lot of action and explosions packed into the Vietnam war scenes. If you enjoyed the first round, this one is still worth the drive in.

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