Zachary Fedarko
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Star Wars: The Rise of Science Fiction in Cinematography
As the United States entered an election year in 1976, Americans found little reason for optimism. In this era, Americans had lost lives and whom to believe in following the Cold War. Andrew Gordon argues that George Lucas created "a myth for our times," Star Wars was this generation's new hope (Gordon 1978). At the start of production, Star Wars was expected to be a one time movie, not a multitude of episodes. Lucas anticipated originally making one Star Wars film, and it would only be called Star Wars not Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope due to the ominous fact that popular science fiction films were scarce on the silver screen. He was afraid Star Wars would not succeed. Now, however, Star Wars: A New Hope holds the second highest record for theatre attendance in the United States (Munafo). This one movie out of a soon to be trilogy had impacted not only the production science fiction's films, but also the film industry itself.
By Zachary Fedarko6 years ago in Geeks