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The Lost Film That Accompanied Empire Strikes Back
An anonymous reader writes "'Alien' and 'Star Wars' art director Roger Christian was given £25,000 by George Lucas in 1979 to make a 25-minute medieval B-feature called 'Black Angel.' This spiritual tale of a knight on a strange quest was inspired by Christian's near-fatal fever when he fell ill in Mexico making 'Lucky Lady.' 'Black Angel' made a huge impression, not least because it shared the dark tone of 'Empire Strikes Back.' John Boorman showed it to the crew of 'Excalibur' as a template for how he wanted his film to look, and 'Black Angel' went on to influence films such as 'Dragonslayer' and 'Legend' throughout the 1980s and beyond. But it has not been seen by anyone since 'Empire' finished its theatrical run. Two weeks ago Roger Christian unearthed a print of a film that was thought lost forever, and in this interview he talks about 'Black Angel,' and provides the only picture from the film that has ever hit the Internet."
I'd provide a citation but I remember reading that off the back of a Topps Galaxy Star Wars card when I was a kid.
This is Slashdot. That is a citation!
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Joss Whedon's new urban spin-off of Angel with Samuel L. Jackson as the vampire cursed with a soul... "Welcome to the Hellmouth," mother-fucker.
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
And the Cylons were born. It was the Cylons, right?
Huh?
....Why doesn't he just finish off the rest of us and post how stupid star trek is
That has to be posted?
Don't forget that George McFly had no dreams of becoming a successful writer until he had a near-death experience with Darth Vader from the planet Vulcan!
Just so long as Natalie Portman does those sequels as well.
Those fuckin' hobbit movies were boring as hell. All it was, was a bunch of people walking. Three movies of people walking to a fucking volcano.
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The film's success would depend on who you cast as the lead....
Don't forget Doc Brown had no dreams of time travel and becoming a successful scieceman until he had a near-death experience with a toilet and discovered the benzene ring structure.
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Well, if you are going to bring some books to the discussion, I would include Lucas' source material, the epics of Homer.
Oh come on ... The Simpsons was a decent show, but hardly an epic!
And, anyway, what's that got to do with books?
Some of us that get 15 new mod points everyday just get tired of moderating. Myself, I like to mod every Bruce Perens post funny, just to keep him wondering.
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My drama teacher used an analogy like that many years ago. He told a joke about a guy who had never seen Shakespeare, so he went to a play. His friend asks him "So...how did you like Shakespeare? Wasn't it the most amazing thing you've ever seen?" and the guy says "Ah, it was just a bunch of clichés."