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Recently, I found myself arguing with a friend over the merits of John Williams, the composer of numerous film soundtracks including the upcoming Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. My friend was accusing Williams of being a shameless sell-out, a hack who borrows from a hundred other works, including his...
Ben Folds Five have come of age. Their moody new release is a conceptual drift through the experience of their titular hero, a disconnected observer who feels more than he lets on. And in the delicate construction here, the band proves the same is true of itself. Messner aches with...
Recently, I found myself arguing with a friend over the merits of John Williams, the composer of numerous film soundtracks including the upcoming Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. My friend was accusing Williams of being a shameless sell-out, a hack who borrows from a hundred other works, including his...
It is often said that Star Wars revolutionized the way that movies are made, usually referring to the technical special-effects side of the business. That's really only half the story. Less than half. Anyone whos seen 2001: A Space Odyssey will know that Star Wars was not the...
Perhaps it has something to do with what director George Lucas calls the "classical mythological motifs" which are at the very heart of the original trilogy. All of the elements of a fable are present--heroes, villains, fights to the death, miraculous rescues, betrayal, good vs. evil, mystery, political intrigue...