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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."
Dude, what are you? Magnetically attracted to trolls? This one didn't even finish his thought at the end of the comment and you still had to treat it like a legitimate comment. Troll food. That's what you are, TROLL FOOD.
Sad that the editors of Slashdot had to claim it was a film that accompanied Empire Strikes Back when it was nothing even close to that. Crazy what they'll do for a few extra bucks in advertising views huh?
I assure you that I am quite capable of appreciating Kurosawa's Yojimbo and Sanjuro despite the fact that I had already seen Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy which massively borrows from them. I'm certain you were able to appreciate The Hidden Fortress after making the Star Wars Trilogy as well. So why do you doubt my ability to appreciate Black Angel?
Speak for yourself. I have a very hard time appreciating originals after seeing their remakes etc. For one, the pacing of older films is often insanely slow for todays standards. There's the video and audio quality which is usually fairly bad, not to mention decayed since apparently it's not worth preserving. The audio quality seems to be especially harsh in this regard.
I mean, if you choose not to release it then you have no intent to capitalize off of it and you should release it online via Veoh or YouTube or some video hosting site. Wouldn't the popularity and enjoyment from the film reward you in some way -- with it being your first film that you labored over?
I can't believe this is a serious suggestion. A professional artist isn't going to want his film on youtube unless he has no choice. It isn't exactly known for being the haven of known artists, more like the myspace of videos.
I also can't imagine that he needs his ego stroked, but who knows.
I mean, even if it's just film snobs to appreciate it ... even if it's just a reason for people to brag that they've seen one of the original fantasy films ... even if it's just a chance for me to one up another person in conversation and promote my anti-social tendencies ... why wouldn't you release it in someway for the general public to digest in their homes?
I don't understand how you can be so certain that you _deserve_ access to someone's artwork. I sure hope that last paragraph wasn't serious, because none of those are even remotely decent reasons to release something.
+4 insightful? seriously?