see american gaffitti now be a curious experience . it be set in 1962 but make in 1973 with several future star in their early role . if you look carefully and you can see that many of the boy have struggle to turn their 70 hairstyle to match those over a decade earlier . but overall and ag be a dazzling and memorable nostalgic drama superbly write and direct and fall just short of a masterpiece . the editing be particularly good and depict the experience of all main character a they go through the last night of celebration before go off to college . i like the idea of use the local haunt mel drive in a the focal point for the gang fun even though they actually spend very little time inside it during that night . also interesting and nostalgic be the all night cruise around by the kid look for fun and mostly get it . one possible complaint that i have be that there should have be an attempt at introduction of the character at the start . ideally and it could have be by way of a nostalgic voice over by curt henderson ( dreyfus ) look back at that night and introduce various character a they arrive at mel .