American Grafitti meets Ragtime in Chinatown

Rating: 10/10 (24 July 2019)

After a season with so little to draw me to a movie theater, this one is a delight and a very big deal. Do go out and see it before you hear too much about it, and some of its surprises get spoiled. I don't think it spoils anything to disclose that tragic real-world events get a benign, even semi-sweet revision. Sort of like what-if-someone-had-capped-Hitler-in-1930. As someone who disdained television in those days, many of the television references are lost on me. But as a car guy, I find the depth of the period car lineup breathtaking.