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But the film transcends utility.
Its a sober yet gracious cautionary tale about fame and fandom and a powerful portrait of love in action.
Bloom and Stevens lean on home movies, archival footage, and interviews to tell their story.
So much inBright Lightsgains added layers and stronger emotional charge because we know the subjects have passed.
We know the feeling; were having it right now.
(Regardless of the truth, you get the sense Fisher was no fan of her grandparents.)
Her early career is framed as a complicated rebellion.
She ultimately had to sell the collection lest it sink her.
She names the mania Roy, she names the depression Pam.
Reynolds house is a model home of old Hollywood success, immaculately kept and impersonal.
I thought if you filmed children, you had happy children, says Reynolds.
Bright Lightsdoes dig into Fishers complicated relationship withStar Wars.
Fisher lavishes Reynolds with the same compassion.
What you hear in their banter isnt bitterness or defensiveness, recrimination or complaint, but earned, grace.
We may never have lives as big as these two stars.
But we could love each other as they did, if we wish.A
