We can't go home again / by us ; written by Nicholas Ray with Susan Ray ; produced by Nicholas Ray ; directed by Nicholas Ray. Don't expect too much / written, produced and directed by Susan Ray.

We can't go home again: a complete restoration of legendary director Nicholas Ray's 1973 experimental masterpiece, made with his college students in upstate New York. It embodies Ray's approach to filmmaking as a communal way of life. The film records Ray's groundbreaking use of multiple image as a way of telling more than one story simultaneously, and of colorization as a way to heighten emotional expression. He called it a 'journalistic' film, one that shares the anthropologists' aim of recording the "history, progress, manners, morals, and mores of everyday life," at a critical moment in American history. Ray plays himself in the film, serving as mentor, friend, and reference point around whom the students' stories constellate.

Don't expect too much: "A new feature-length documentary by Nicholas Ray's wife Susan, investigates the making of We can't go home again and the complex relationships within Ray's life and art. Drawing on his archive of never-before-seen film, video, and stills, as well as new interviews with the film's original crew, directors Jim Jarmusch, Victor Erice, and others, Susan Ray provides a compelling and candid exploration of the last years of this revered American auteur."--Container.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

We can't go home again: Richie Bock, Tom Farrell, Danny Fisher.