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'Star Wars' Ep. 5 Director Irvin Kershner: 'If I Believe It While I'm Doing It, the Audience Tends to Believe It'

03.1.13 @ 7:17PM Tags : directing, filmmaking, starwars, watch

While Hollywood is attempting to dive back into a franchise whose best movies were arguably over 30 years ago, the approach taken by The Empire Strikes Back director Irvin Kershner can apply not just to future Star Wars films, but to anyone making anything that requires a suspension of disbelief. A French journalist named Michael Parbot had virtually limitless access to the production, and it’s only now that we have a more complete version of the documentary he produced in 1980. There are some fantastic and candid moments from some of the cast as well as the crew, and even if you are not a Star Wars fan, there are plenty of tidbits about storytelling and filmmaking that apply just as equally today. More »

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Is the Crowdsourced 'Star Wars Uncut' the "Film of the Year?"

10.16.10 @ 4:53PM Tags : crowdsourcing, starwars, vimeo

I meant to post this months ago when it first came out, but Ted Hope mentioning on his Vimeo panel that he thought Star Wars Uncut was the “film of the year” motivated me to post it belatedly. So in case you haven’t already seen it, here is the crowdsourced, fan-made version of the entire first (ah, fourth) episode of Star Wars. More »