Modern Movies Made To Look Old

[Dr Doran]

Can you tell me about Tucker, the Man and His Dream? It does not ring a bell.

 

[Doctor Strange]

"Tucker: A Man And His Dream" was directed by Francis Ford Coppola back in around 1988 or so. It starred Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, and Martin Landau - all of whom were great in it. Set in the late 1940s, it told the true story of Preston Tucker, who designed a car way ahead of its time and marketed it on his own. Despite his optimism and the design's brilliance, the company fails after only building a very small number of cars, essentially done in by the political machinations of the entrenched big Detroit automakers.

At the time, all the talk was about how the story mirrored Coppola's own recently failed attempt to set up his own alternative film studo in San Francisco, American Zoetrope, which ultimately couldn't compete with the Hollywood establishment. Of more importance to us now is the beautiful period stylization and clothes seen in the film.

I haven't seen the film since its theatrical run, but I recall really liking it...

 

[Dr Doran]

Thanks Doc. Hope the Eye of Agammoto is still under control in your Sanctum Sanctorum.