Escapes

Name: Escapes
Genre: Documentary
Released: July 26, 2017
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 72
Cast: Hampton Fancher

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Grasshopper Film | Release Date: July 26, 2017 | Not Rated

Starring: Hampton Fancher

Summary: Escapes blazes a wild path through mid-20th-century Hollywood via the experiences of Hampton Fancher – flamenco dancer, actor, and the unlikely producer and screenwriter of the landmark sci-fi classic Blade Runner. A consummate raconteur, Fancher recounts episodes from his remarkable life — romantic misadventures with silver-screen stars,Escapes blazes a wild path through mid-20th-century Hollywood via the experiences of Hampton Fancher – flamenco dancer, actor, and the unlikely producer and screenwriter of the landmark sci-fi classic Blade Runner. A consummate raconteur, Fancher recounts episodes from his remarkable life — romantic misadventures with silver-screen stars, wayward acts of chivalry, jealousy, and friendship — matched with a parallel world of film and TV footage wherein Fancher plays cowboys, killers, fops, cads, and the occasional hero. Equal parts dense and fleet, Escapes shows how one man’s personal journey can unexpectedly shape a medium’s future.… Expand

Director: Michael Almereyda

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 89 min

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Manohla Dargis

Jul 26, 2017

Mr. Fancher’s movie love and way of spinning a yarn to its near-breaking point — one detour opens onto another — dovetail nicely with the cinephilia and playfulness that characterize Mr. Almereyda’s movies. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Jul 24, 2017

A preoccupation with the totemic materiality of cinema runs through Michael Almereyda’s documentary. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Aug 10, 2017

Escapes is as unconventional as its subject, demonstrating the charming things that can happen when a life in no way ordinary gets documented by a filmmaker most unusual. Read full review

The Film Stage Jose Solís

Jul 14, 2017

Narration is juxtaposed with cleverly selected and edited shots from TV and film appearances...that give Escapes the shape of a collage or a Russian doll, depending on how Fancher is telling the story. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Jul 27, 2017

Escapes prefers to approach its star in a roundabout fashion, immediately launching into one of Fancher’s slippery and rambling monologues about his wandering days as a charmed lothario. Read full review

Serena Donadoni

Jul 27, 2017

When Fancher’s weathered visage finally appears, he recounts more regrets than triumphs, but in Almereyda’s affectionate biographical scrapbook, his accomplishments are small manifestations of an iconoclastic existence whose reward is a messy, cherished independence. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

Aug 3, 2017

Escapes is an eccentric portrait of a not especially eccentric — or even terribly interesting — subject: Hampton Fancher. Read full review

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