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 Yes because THX 1138 reflects none of the New Wave. -
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6. For literary SF writers like Delany 1st Star Wars movie was both one step forward but two steps back.
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7. A step forward because Star Wars, as creak as it looks now, integrated special effects into storytelling with a new verve & plausibility
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