"A Galaxy Far Far Away" My Ass!

[Dave Monroe]

On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Lucas knows filmic technology and variations on one myth.
>
> Knows even one human being (in the films), via words and simple reality,
> NO........
>
> Later ones' dialogue was camp upon first viewing.....

Star Wars
BFI Film Classics
Will Brooker

Will Brooker's illuminating study takes issue with many commonly held
ideas aboutStar Wars.  He provides a close cinematic analysis,
carefully examining its shots, its editing, its sound design,
cinematography and performances. Brooker argues that Star Wars is not,
as Lucas himself has claimed, a departure from his previous work, but
a continuation of his experiments with sound and image. He reveals
Lucas’ contradictory desires for the total order and control of the
Empire, and, on the other hand, for the raw energy and creative
improvisation of the Rebels. Though at first Star Wars seems a simple
fairy-tale, it becomes far more complex when we realize that the
director is rooting for both sides, creating a tension unsettles the
saga as a whole and illuminates new sides of Lucas' masterpiece.

http://us.macmillan.com/book.aspx?isbn=9781844572779