November 9, 2015
A LEGO® Brickumentary
JC Alvarez READ TIME: 2 MIN.
If you've ever wondered how playtime could inspire beyond the playground, then you've never played with LEGO� toys. Developed in the late 1940s in Denmark the modular building system has extended its influence across generations, but if you still think that these little bricks are just for kids then you need to check out "A LEGO� Brickumentary". Narrated by comedic actor Jason Bateman, this is a unique look at the fandom and phenomenon!
Directed by Daniel Junge and Kief Davidson both celebrated and award-winning filmmakers, the documentary explores the humble beginnings of the LEGO� building block and how the company turned itself into one of the most lucrative toys of the modern age, by expanding its brand and allowing outside intervention to inspire innovation. Today the LEGO� company is one of the world's most enduring brands and has even given rise to a blockbuster (no-pun) film franchise.
From worldwide conventions that bring together all kinds of AFOLS - Adult Fans of LEGO� - to artists that have used the LEGO� bricks to create (or recreate) works of art that exhibit in national museums, the LEGO� is more than meets the eye. The film also explores how LEGO� is being used to assist in helping to socialize young people who are living with autism. It's a revolutionary therapy that is being used across the country and renewing families with all new hope.
The LEGO� has even proven itself as an innovation to designer and architects who have used the building system as their basis for awe-inspiring contemporary and practical real-life constructions. The documentary examines the creative nature that the toy line has inspired that has touched millions of fans all across the planet and beyond - LEGO� has even been used to explore the final frontier and beyond. It's a limitless look at the capacity of human imagination.
The Blu-ray package features some additional bonus scenes deleted from the full-length film, but these scenes do not diminish or enhance the experience of the overall final cut.
"A LEGO� Brickumentary"
available on Blu-ray and DVD
$26.99
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Native New Yorker JC Alvarez is a pop-culture enthusiast and the nightlife chronicler of the club scene and its celebrity denizens from coast-to-coast. He is the on-air host of the nationally syndicated radio show "Out Loud & Live!" and is also on the panel of the local-access talk show "Talking About".
