CHARLES MUDEDEīlake Leeper, a double amputee who runs on "blade" legs with Olympic track-and-field aspirations, is both the best and worst part of sports documentary Abled. Scene after scene, what matters is the way the camera moves through rooms or the dusky landscape. The acting is competent (faces filled with longing, forbidden caresses, sheep). The film’s story is so-so (love, passion, sheep). This movie, which is set in some remote place in Iceland that, in the 1940s, had sheep as its entire economic base, has only one star, the cinematographer, Jasper Wolf. This documentary, which must be seen if you are a true fan of all that takes place in that faraway galaxy, is about what led to this very special mess and flop. In 1978, CBS presented The Star Wars Holiday Special. Why not do a TV holiday special? Sounds like a good idea. The execs want something to fill this unexpected emptiness, to keep the ticket buyers engaged. As a consequence, the time between this space cash cow to the next one (think blue milk), The Empire Strikes Back, looks like a desert that’s worse than the one on the planet of Tatooine. The world-historical box office success of Star Wars catches Hollywood completely by surprise.
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