Film Review – Lorne

Lorne Michaels is an enigmatic person. Until recently, little was known about his personal life, and cameras were rarely invited to explore the inner workings of his show, “Saturday Night Live,” which he’s been producing for over 45 years. In many ways, Michaels is the perfect subject for a documentary, with director Morgan Neville (“20 Feet from Stardom,” “Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain,” and “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”) granted some degree of access to Michaels’s world as it stood a few years ago, attempting to grasp the enormity of the man’s contribution to television history, as he remains one of the few titans in the industry left. “Lorne” works in unusual ways to investigate Michaels, with Neville keeping up with “SNL” history and creative achievements, but he’s also chipping away at the subject’s defenses, striving to create a portrait of a talent guru who changed late night T.V., often in the quietest manner possible. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com