June 12, BFI movie at the Film Festival The crowd in London sat down for a familiar favorite, but when the opening violation announced that it took them to a “galaxy far, far away”, something else happened. Instead of seeing the title “Section IV: A New Hope,” The audience was simply greeted with “Star Wars.”
The rare pressure was the original haircut 1977 by the space opera, and BfiThe CEO emphasized that it was a “miracle” that the pressure was even screenable. At hand for the rare event was Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy, who clarified the audience how rare the viewing experience was – even though she felt the need to clarify it “Not an illegal screening.”
“It is incredibly folklore. Even when I entered the company, there were endless conversations about where everything was, and what was actually the first pressure? And it is quite remarkable, what you will see is actually the first pressure, and I’m not even sure there is another as it is so rare.” Kennedy told the audience. “There is so much tipping that has been going on over the years and things like (Author/producer George Lucas) Decided: “I will change this, I’ll try it.” And then all kinds of traces of traces lost what it was. ”
“Star Wars” has undergone a lot of incarnations in their various theater and home video editions. In addition to the title supplement, special effects were given CG updates and a special moment was reeded notoriously. Originally he shoots solo (Harrison Ford) Bounty Hunter Greedo when he meets him at Mos Eisley Cantina. In the re -editing, Greedo is shown to get a shot before he, which makes self -defense a clear motivation. The current Disney+ version even shows Greedo comes into the last word Before he decreases.
Lucas has often defended its repeated audits of the original trilogy “Star Wars” and notes autonomy for an filmS Creator.
“I’m sorry you saw a half finished movie and fell in love with it, but I want it to be as I want it to be,” He told Associated Press in 2004. 2024, He explained to a Cannes audience“When Michelangelo made the roof of the Sixtin chapel, he looked at it and said,” I will do this part. “” Lucas added that “everyone got really angry” when the original version was released on Laserdisc.
“They said,“ It looks awful. “And I said,” Yes, I know it did. “That’s what it looked like,” he said.
BFI movie at the Film Festivalwhich presents exclusively film prints of many classics, continues until Sunday, June 15, when it will be screened, among others, “Westward The Women”, “An American tail”, “Amadeus” and “Twin Peops” pilot.
