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Life After Flash

Director Mike Hodges.-It is a comic strip and therefore they arepretty one dimensional

And you die." -MAN: Director Mike Hodges.
-It is a comic strip and therefore they are
pretty one dimensional

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And you die."
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-MAN: Director Mike Hodges. -It is a comic strip
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and therefore they are pretty one dimensional.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:19
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Spare Change Films

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Movie Summary

A look at the roller coaster life of Sam J. Jones since his role as Flash Gordon, his struggles and successes, and the aftermath of when he went up against one of the most powerful producers in Hollywood.
And by having good actors, I think, it sort of just adds flesh and blood to it. - Life After Flash 00:06
And by having good actors, I think, it sort of just adds fle...
You sort of feel that they've all got a past - Life After Flash 00:09
You sort of feel that they've all got a past
That was my weak little suggestion - Life After Flash 00:10
That was my weak little suggestion
But, no, he wanted me squashed up in little pieces. - Life After Flash 00:06
But, no, he wanted me squashed up in little pieces.
We had a different director. We had Nicolas Roeg - Life After Flash 00:10
We had a different director. We had Nicolas Roeg
And Nic did a lot of research and also did his own, you know, pitch to Dino, - Life After Flash 00:19
And Nic did a lot of research and also did his own, you know...
And I guess Dino thought, "Too expensive. This isn't going to work." - Life After Flash 00:09
And I guess Dino thought, "Too expensive. This isn'...
I start to read the Flash Gordon character when I was a kid, - Life After Flash 00:07
I start to read the Flash Gordon character when I was a kid,
The cartoon come up in the United States in 1931. - Life After Flash 00:06
The cartoon come up in the United States in 1931.
After the Big, the pregenomic Depression of the United States. - Life After Flash 00:05
After the Big, the pregenomic Depression of the United State...
And Flash Gordon was the first great American hero, - Life After Flash 00:08
And Flash Gordon was the first great American hero,
So, to describe Dino as a producer - Life After Flash 00:13
So, to describe Dino as a producer
Was also just full of love - Life After Flash 00:10
Was also just full of love
You know, just being frustrated because he was so specific - Life After Flash 00:10
You know, just being frustrated because he was so specific
Mike, you know, disagreed with everything Dino wanted. - Life After Flash 00:06
Mike, you know, disagreed with everything Dino wanted.
There were problems. And I remember one day hearing Mike, - Life After Flash 00:11
There were problems. And I remember one day hearing Mike,
When Dino came on the set, people got so scared no work got done. - Life After Flash 00:05
When Dino came on the set, people got so scared no work got ...
He used to come on with three or four of his henchmen, - Life After Flash 00:07
He used to come on with three or four of his henchmen,
And I'm busy doing something. I said, "Dino, go on. We won't get anything done." - Life After Flash 00:07
And I'm busy doing something. I said, "Dino, go on...
Everyone's terrified of you. We can get bugger all done." - Life After Flash 00:07
Everyone's terrified of you. We can get bugger all done...