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The publicity mill of Twentieth-Century Fox makes abundantly clear--in the course of leafing through some 39 handouts--that Lucas has maintained an ongoing infatuation for many years with the sci-fi heroes who thrilled a generation, and then some, of American youths from the 1930s onwards. Lucas worked...

Author: By Joe Contreras, | Title: "Graffiti" Director Delivers Cliched but Dazzling Epic | 2/6/1997 | See Source »

The hackneyed dialogue and other familiar staples in "Star Wars" will impress itself on the moviegoer from the very beginning. Much of the national media has played up the Flash Gordon comic book angle in the last two weeks, at the expense of toning down some of the other classic...

Author: By Joe Contreras, | Title: "Graffiti" Director Delivers Cliched but Dazzling Epic | 2/6/1997 | See Source »

Half the fun of "Star Wars" comes from taking in all those special effects. Although the technology never approaches the rarefied levels of visual fireworks achieved in "2001: A Space Odyssey," special photographic effects supervisor John Dykstra has pieced together an impressive collection of robots, futuristic weaponry and spaceage interior...

Author: By Joe Contreras, | Title: "Graffiti" Director Delivers Cliched but Dazzling Epic | 2/6/1997 | See Source »

The acting in "Star Wars" will never make the movie stick in anybody's memory. Aside from the usual polish with which Guinness coats his role of the elder Kenobi, both the performances of the cast and the cast itself add up to a forgettable sum. Many of the actors...

Author: By Joe Contreras, | Title: "Graffiti" Director Delivers Cliched but Dazzling Epic | 2/6/1997 | See Source »

Lucas' craftsmanship shines with particular brilliance in the final half hour of the film. Besides the stunning special effects that the director calls upon to underscore the urgency of this concluding sequence, Lucas masterfully builds up the suspense to a shattering pitch as one rebel craft after another falls prey...

Author: By Joe Contreras, | Title: "Graffiti" Director Delivers Cliched but Dazzling Epic | 2/6/1997 | See Source »

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