Film Review – Life After The NeverEnding Story

Director Lisa Downs has created a cottage industry with her trips into nostalgia. She’s the force behind the “Life After” series, examining the days of fantasy moviemaking and personal drama in efforts such as “Life After Flash” and “Life After the Navigator,” and she returns with “Life After The NeverEnding Story.” There’s a mighty subject in the making of the 1984 Wolfgang Petersen picture, which was Germany’s most expensive endeavor at the time, eventually finding a global audience that kept fandom warm and toasty for the next 40 years. “The NeverEnding Story” is a special film, and Downs tries her best to understand its creation and how such an experience shaped members of the cast and crew. Much like the other two chapters in this series, Downs can’t quite connect all the dots, but there are many fascinating interviews and images to savor, allowing access to the creation of the beloved epic. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com