The Empire Strikes Back /

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Author / Creator:Harrison, Rebecca, author.
Imprint:London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2020.
Description:100 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language:English
Series:BFI film classics
BFI film classics.
Subject:Empire strikes back (Motion picture)
Empire strikes back (Motion picture)
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12410194
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ISBN:9781911239970
191123997X
9781911239963
9781911239994
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"The Empire Strikes Back (1980), the second film in the original Star Wars trilogy, is often cited as the 'best' and most popular Star Wars movie. In her compelling study, Rebecca Harrison draws on previously unpublished archival research to reveal a variety of original and often surprising perspectives on the film, from the cast and crew who worked on its production through to the audiences who watched it in cinemas. Harrison guides readers on a journey that begins with the film's production in 1979 and ends with a discussion about its contemporary status as an object of reverence and nostalgia. She demonstrates how Empire's meaning and significance has continually shifted over the past 40 years not only within the franchise, but also in broader conversations about film authorship, genre, and identity. Offering new insights and original analysis of Empire via its cultural context, production history, textual analysis, exhibition, reception, and post-1980 re-evaluations of the film, the book provides a timely and relevant reassessment of this enduringly popular film"--
Other form:Online version: Harrison, Rebecca, The Empire Strikes Back London ; New York : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2020. 9781911239963
Table of Contents:
  • Creating an empire
  • In production
  • The film
  • Seeing Star Wars
  • Critics write back
  • Number five at number one.