A long time ago, on a coast far, far away

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

(2004)

Documentary about the conversion of an independent pay-cable station--pre-HBO, pre-Showtime--into a cinephile's addiction and a source of CPR for old movies long forgotten newer ones shot down by critics.

Unfortunately, it's also about the madman-genius programming director Jerry Harvey, whose eclectic tastes made the Z Channel what it was, but whose demons eventually led him to kill his wife and himself at age 38.

One thing, though: it made me want to see Heaven's Gate; who'da thought that was possible.