Behind the Mask: The Batman Dead End Story

In this doc, the first half of it is about Sandy's desire and creative drive to make movies, his obsession with creatures and making monster designs, which seemingly caused annoyance with his bosses and coworkers at Stan Winston Studios. He blames getting fired on "business stuff" when it's clear that he was fired due to his impatient attitude and not working, this would be one of the dumbest things to due if he really wanted to get ahead in the industry. Once the segment about completing Batman: Dead End is over, we get an interesting character study and view into Sandy's mind and personality; the man clearly has an ego, that he, his family, and friends love to stroke. Clark Bartram might have been the worst, due in no small part of them being good friends. In the doc, it's claimed that The Joker in Batman: Dead end, played by the late Andrew Koenig inspired Heath Ledger and Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Joker, despite me finding the performance subpar and too over the top, even for the Joker. Another nonsense claim is that Sandy Collora designed the Jurassic Park logo, when in reality it was created by Chip Kidd. Sandy Collora is a egotistical, lazy liar that thinks he's way more qualified than the big boys in Hollywood. He is clearly old and bitter that he never got a real chance to do something big, turning his nose at all offers that came his way, and if he really wanted to be in Hollywood he would take any chance and job he could get to direct. In conclusion, Sandy Collora is an egotistical, manchild, crybaby that is impatient and full of himself.

This is the ultimate tale of a sociopathic genius who is just dripping with talent but whose astonishingly gigantic ego and inability to relate to the workings of the system caused him to totally shoot himself down in flames, blaming everyone but himself for his utter and complete failure.

One spends the first two thirds of the film remarking on how smart and talented this guy is and the final third remarking on what an idiot he is. There is something Shakespearean about this movie. A tragedy of King Macbat.

I saw the Batman Dead End short when it came out but had no idea what was "Behind the Mask" of this movie and this man. This Docu is a sort of brutal look into what happens behind the scenes and what it takes to make a film. I admire Sandy Collora's honesty, artistic integrity and his talent. All things this movie clearly shows. I follow him on Facebook and his posts are always inspiring and thought provoking. he seems like a good guy. This was really good and very well made interesting Docu that I recommend a lot. It has a lot of heart and is a very moving portrait of an artist who seems to be misunderstood. I salute Sandy and his work and his decisions. He obviously cares about what he puts out there and on the screen and it shows. I hope all the projects he has developing at the end of this film are going to happen. I would go to see them.

I'm as surprised as anybody that there's a hundred-minute documentary about an 8-minute short film. On the surface, at least. The production of "Batman: Dead End" occupies a fraction of this film, and the rest is a character study of its director, Sandy Collora. And warts-and-all is an understatement. Collora fancies himself a fighter in a battle to bring his visions to the masses, while those around him perceive him as . . . kind of a dick. I'm conflicted on where I stand on the man, but he has his supporters, and their admiration feels genuine. I was more interested in the man than I was in the Batman movie, and that's saying something.

I liked this film a lot. It was a very interesting and revealing documentary about someone who I have respect for a long time. In 2003, Sandy Collora made a short film that had Batman against the Joker, aliens and the Predator. It owned SDCC that summer and was an overnight sensation and propelled the brash director into the Hollywood stratosphere. This is as complete a story as anyone could tell about the phenomenon that was "Batman Dead End" and its creator Sandy Collora. It was much more than I expected, Its very detailed and covers a lot of ground. It shows how powerful an artist Collora really is in every way. He made Batman cool again and showed WB the way. He still is the only director to ever put a real Batman on the screen right out of the comics. The studios with all their money still can't get it right. Neil Adams agrees in the documentary. This movie is very inspiring and anyone who wants to be a movie maker or artist needs to see this. It should be required viewing in film schools. I am looking forward to THE CIRCLE!

My only 2 gripes are the camera work is not good with the people being interviewed constantly going in and out of focus is totally distracting and not necessary. And why was Sean Clark in this film? Norman Reedus was not in Batman Dead End. What did he have to do with any of this and why are his opinions concerned? Maybe he is friends with the film makers. 7/10 is my rating. If they hired someone to focus the camera it would have been 8 or 9.