Directed by Harry Hurwitz
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Image Entertainment)
A mild-mannered film projectionist (Chuck McCann) escapes his humdrum life through fantasies where he is "Captain Flash". He captures criminals, kills monsters and always gets the girl. In other daydreams, he becomes part of the famous movies which he idolizes. These scenes are contrasted with documentary-like footage of McCann walking around the streets of New York City at night, most notably the old "Great White Way" of movie marquees on 42nd Street, as well as going to work at a movie palace. The movie playing, by the way, is the same film we are watching, leading to an interesting ending where McCann the projectionist is watching himself on the big screen. The film heavily utilizes and manipulates footage from old Flash Gordon serials, silent epics, Nazi footage with Adolph Hitler, Casablanca and many more movies which I recognized but could not always identify. In this respect, classic film buffs are going to enjoy this more than the average viewer.
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