1. Since people are talking Star Wars & race, worth revisiting this 1977 essay by Samuel Delany: http://samueldelany.tumblr.com/post/82806452407/samuel-delany-reviews-the-first-star-wars-movie …
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@HeerJeet Odd that the signature sci-fi art film, "2001," has nothing to say on these subjects. Kubrick was simply too sterile and aloof. -
@EricKleefeld@HeerJeet I'll defend Kubrick: he wasn't cold, he was in pursuit of awe, the sublime. - Show replies
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5. Lucas was clearly formed by the space opera SF of his 1950s youth and untouched by New Wave SF of late 1960s & early 1970s
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@HeerJeet Yes because THX 1138 reflects none of the New Wave. - Show replies
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