Interpreting Star Wars : Reading a Modern Film Franchise by Miles Booy
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Overview: Upon its initial release in 1977, many critics regarded Star Wars as a childish retort to the mature American cinema of the seventies. Though full of sound and fury, some felt that it signified nothing. Four decades later, the significations are multiple as interpretations of the film’s strange imagery and metaphoric potential continue to pile up. Interpreting Star Wars analyses and contextualises the dominant trends in Star Wars interpretation from the earliest reviews, through Lucasfilm’s attempts to use its position as copyright holder to promote a single meaning, to the 21st century where the internet has rendered such authorial control impossible and new entries to the canon present new twists on old hopes.
“Taking a bold, broad sweep over the changing meanings of Star Wars since the 1970s, Miles Booy’s captivating study returns us to the Original Trilogy and invites us to see it again through diverse cultural lenses, from Christianity to contemporary identity politics. Booy analyses the movies, comics and novels with forensic fan attention, his witty critical examination restoring a much-needed sense of novelty and enthusiasm to the saga.” – Will Brooker, Professor of Film and Cultural Studies, Kingston University, UK
Genre: Non-Fiction > History
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