Review of American Graffiti (1973) by Roger Greenspun for The New York Times — 01 Dec 2000
American Graffiti exists not so much in its individual stories as in its orchestration of many stories, its sense of time and place. Although it is full of the material of fashionable nostalgia, it never exploits nostalgia.
In its feeling for movement and music and the vitality of the night—and even in its vision in white—it is oddly closer to some early Fellini than to the recent American past of, say, The Last Picture Show or Summer of '42.
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This review of American Graffiti (1973) was written by Roger Greenspun and published by The New York Times on 01 Dec 2000.
American Graffiti has generally received very positive reviews.
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