I have known about American Graffiti for quite a number of years. It was released well before my birth, but it was a hugely successful film for its time. This was one of the first movies directed by George Lucas, who would go on a few years later and start Star Wars.
I had wrongly assumed that the movie was set in the 50s, but instead it’s rather set in the very early 1960s in California. There’s not really a main character in this movie. Rather you get to see many different characters all around.
There’s the lovable loser looking for a date, the quarreling couple, the bad guys looking for trouble, and guys just looking to race each other for no reason at all. There’s really no shortage of drama going on in American Graffiti.
But what will happen by the end of the night? You’ll see cars get stolen, tears get shed, and fights break out. I am hoping it really wasn’t a school night, because all the kids still in high school will still be up in the morning.
American Graffiti was honestly a bit disappointing for me. I have no love for the early 1960s, and I was expecting a lot more from the film. It’s still a good movie, don’t get me wrong, but I felt like the story it was a little pointless and had too many characters for a single film to follow. It was neat to see Harrison Ford in one of his earliest roles, but it’s definitely not a life-changing movie for me, but my mom was a big fan back in the day.
I remember enjoying the movie a lot. I must look for it again. Take care, Adam!