Re: a sense of proportion
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Sat, 18 Jul 1998 10:22:34 +1000
> Even though I love the Star Wars trilogy and even though I made sure I
> saw all three re-releases last year at the Cinerama (70mm and actual
curved
> screen here in downtown Seattle), I still think American Graffiti is the
finest
> thing George Lucas has ever done. Maybe the fact that the soundtrack was
the
> first album I ever owned has something to do with it. But still, bugging
the
> manager of the Lewis & Clark theatre for six months to give me the
one-sheet
> movie poster when I was fourteen...that must be proof of the pudding.
It's what they call in the biz a `zeitgeist film' - that is, one that
characterises a certain age, and they tend to be my favourite kind of
movies and literature. By being of their age they tend to paradoxically
become something greater and more far reaching - TCIR is a perfect example.
I'm about to start writing one myself actually (:
P.S. - I went to see Star Wars again when it came out and I was so
surprised at how facile it was and how much of a wimp Luke Skywalker was. I
was mighty disappointed! (Princess Leia still kicks ass though, as does Han
Solo ... *enraptured sigh* (: )
Camille
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