Life After Flash

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Life After Flash
LifeAfterFlashPoster.jpg
Directed byLisa Downs
Produced by
  • Ashley Pugh
  • Lisa Downs
Starring
Edited byLisa Downs
Music byToby Dunham
Production
companies
  • Spare Change Films
  • Strict Machine
Distributed byAMP International
Release dates
  • 2 October 2017 (2017-10-02)(London)
  • 9 April 2018 (2018-04-09)(Chattanooga)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Life After Flash is a 2017 British documentary film directed, produced and edited by Lisa Downs.

Contents

It chronicles the making of the 1980 film version of Flash Gordon and its eventual cult following, with particular focus placed on how the life and career of the film's lead, Sam J. Jones (who also served as an executive producer on this film), was affected by his falling-out with producer Dino De Laurentiis. Aside from Jones, the film features interviews with cast members Melody Anderson, Brian Blessed, Topol, Peter Wyngarde, Richard O'Brien, Deep Roy and Peter Duncan, composers Brian May and Howard Blake, De Laurentiis' widow Martha, comic book creators Stan Lee, Alex Ross and Mark Millar, filmmaker Robert Rodriguez, and actor Patrick St. Esprit. [1]

Life After Flash had its world premiere at Chattanooga Film Festival, [2] followed by the European Premiere at the 72nd Edinburgh International Film Festival. [3]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 88% of eight critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.8/10. [4]

Writing for Forbes , Kristen Lopez said "Lisa Downs presents a film that says there is life after Flash Gordon and it's a pretty good life, all things considered!" [5] Mark Millar described the film as "hilarious, moving and just maybe the best doc about Hollywood I've ever seen". [6] C. Robert Cargill commented the documentary is "essential film geek viewing", noting that it's "touching, sweet, hilarious, and just plain cool". [7]

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References

  1. "Home". lifeafterflash.com.
  2. "Chattanooga 2018 Announces Life After Flash, Summer of '84 and Rock Steady Row". ScreenAnarchy. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  3. "Life After Flash". Edinburgh Festival. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  4. "Life After Flash". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  5. Lopez, Kristen. "'Life After Flash' Acts As A Dual Celebration And Redemption Of Flash Gordon's Leading Man". Forbes. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  6. "Congrats to @lisandowns for her epic film. @lifeafterflash was hilarious, moving & just maybe the best doc about Hollywood I've ever seen". Twitter. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  7. "LIFE AFTER FLASH is essential film geek viewing. Part doc about Sam Jones, part behind the scenes FLASH GORDON making-of full of never before scene footage, incredible interviews, and Brian Blessed being consistently FREAKING AWESOME. Touching, sweet, hilarious & just plain cool". Twitter. Retrieved 3 April 2021.