Star Wars in 1977 - A force is born

by Leo Bankersen
15 December 201530 March 2022
4 min read
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Toen George Lucas in 1977 het lef had (of naïef genoeg was) om de bioscoop te bestormen met een ruimtesprookje waarin een prinses gered moest worden uit de klauwen van een booswicht met een Duitse helm was Kubricks 2001 nog de norm voor ruimtespektakel. Lucas liet zich daar niet door intimideren en vond voor Star Wars alles zelf opnieuw uit. Hoewel...
Zijn eerste notities voor wat zijn levenswerk zou worden waren losjes gebaseerd op de Japanse avonturenfilm The Hidden Fortress van Akira Kurosawa...

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Leo Bankersen

Leo Bankersen has been writing about film since Chinatown and Night of the Living Dead. Reviewed as a freelance film journalist for the GPD for a long time. Is now, among other things, one of the regular contributors to De Filmkrant. Likes to break a lance for children's films, documentaries and films from non-Western countries. Other specialities: digital issues and film education.View Author posts

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