Behind the Mask: The Batman Dead End Story

Batman: Dead End is a uniquely amazing fanfilm. Gorgeous production design, solid direction, wonderful cinematography, fantastic practical FX, and so many geek-out moments it's hard to even keep track. If you haven't seen it, I urge you to check it out, its still all over YouTube to this day. Sandy Collora (the director), an industry vet and director's chair hopeful, put together a serious chunk of his own change back in the early 2000s, and assembled a team of highly talented folks within the industry to carry out his vision of an unapologetically comic-book inspired Batman pitted against some of geekdom's greatest icons. This documentary explores what drove him to do it, how it was done, the highs, the lows, and the fallout/aftermath of the whole thing. As a hopeful filmmaker myself, this became my "Star Wars"... a film that inspired me and opened my eyes to a world of possibilities. All I knew was "this was done independently, it's on the internet for everyone to see, and it's freakin amazing". My own fanfilm, "Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness", owes a great debt of gratitude to Sandy and Batman: Dead End. Without his film, mine wouldn't exist, and neither would thousands of others, I suspect. Credit where credit's due, Sandy Collora is the George Lucas of fanfilms, and I mean that with the utmost respect. As the documentary reveals, he might not have catapulted into Hollywood stardom as hoped, but he pioneered the trail and inspired a generation of us. Definitely worth a watch, especially for budding filmmakers.

Let me tell you something bro. I joined this site just to rate this incredible movie on a DAILY, bro. I saw this movie the batman's dead end on the internet like 10 years ago, bro. I salute this movie and the guy who made it, SanDY on a DAILY Collora, bro. He made the best Batman movie ever you can see ON A DAILY, baby please! This man needs to be SALUTED! Seriously this documentary about it is fantastic, bro. If you are a Batman fan like me, on a daily, you will really, really like this film and find it very interesting. I give Collora a lot of props, bro. The guy follows his dreams and passions on a DAILY!!! This is a movie that can be inspiring to anyone who is going after a dream because it shows how hard work and putting the time, can make the dream come true. Another guy who needs to be saluted is MR.ERIC DOW. He makes the BEST documentarRY on a DAILY, bro! You can watch it for FREE, right here on IMDb on a DAILY. Check it out. I am betting all of the movies the man is developing in this documentary will become real and we will see them very soon, bro. THE CIRCLE IN 3D ON A DAILY!!!!!!!!

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.

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 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.