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lazypadawanstarwars.com posted several more artists who will exhibit stuff and sell prints, including the maestro, Ralph McQuarrie. McQuarrie's print run is going to be really low, like 125 copies. And there are a couple more Luke pieces certain people on my f-list are going to drool over ;).
I forgot to mention that TFN posted an item yesterday on Celtic piper Eric Rigler, whose work was heard in Titanic and Braveheart. So you don't have to suffer at the even more odious AICN, here's what was posted concerning Rigler's recent appearance at a SoCal music festival:
The EmCee introduced Eric, and said Eric had just finished recording some music for the Star Wars TV Series. I followed up with Eric during the intermission, and he told me the following: Yes, he did in fact record music for the series. Each of the planets has its own theme, and the one he was brought in to develop music for was patterned after Bulgaria. So, his music was patterned after an instrument (I think he called it a gaeda (spelling?), a bagpipe-like instrument played there), although he performed his music on the Irish Pipes. He said it looked amazing, and Lucas had done an incredible job of the look/feel of at least what he saw.
I assume he means the new Clone Wars animated series since that is much further along in development and production than the live action show. Still, pretty cool!
I came across a link to this blog entry on "Grindhouse" and SW, specifically the prequels:
However, Star Wars didn’t come with [naughty word] QT cool built in, and consequently, there was precious little talk about the fact that it was also an iconic and elaborately structured homage, chock-full of cross-references and film geek allusions, every bit as loving a tribute to vanishing, unfashionable cinematic traditions, kitschy space operas, forties horror matinees, and overblown Hollywood epics as Grindhouse is to exploitation flicks.
Better yet–and this is the crucial distinction–Star Wars works where Death Proof fails, perhaps because its admiration for the movies it emulates isn’t eclipsed by the director’s self-indulgence. Face it: true movie love doesn’t care how hip it is, and true cool doesn’t have anything to prove.
There's also comparison to 1963's "Cleopatra." The whole thing is a rather interesting take on things:
http://jurgenfauth.com/2007/04/10/cleopatra/
I forgot to mention that TFN posted an item yesterday on Celtic piper Eric Rigler, whose work was heard in Titanic and Braveheart. So you don't have to suffer at the even more odious AICN, here's what was posted concerning Rigler's recent appearance at a SoCal music festival:
The EmCee introduced Eric, and said Eric had just finished recording some music for the Star Wars TV Series. I followed up with Eric during the intermission, and he told me the following: Yes, he did in fact record music for the series. Each of the planets has its own theme, and the one he was brought in to develop music for was patterned after Bulgaria. So, his music was patterned after an instrument (I think he called it a gaeda (spelling?), a bagpipe-like instrument played there), although he performed his music on the Irish Pipes. He said it looked amazing, and Lucas had done an incredible job of the look/feel of at least what he saw.
I assume he means the new Clone Wars animated series since that is much further along in development and production than the live action show. Still, pretty cool!
I came across a link to this blog entry on "Grindhouse" and SW, specifically the prequels:
However, Star Wars didn’t come with [naughty word] QT cool built in, and consequently, there was precious little talk about the fact that it was also an iconic and elaborately structured homage, chock-full of cross-references and film geek allusions, every bit as loving a tribute to vanishing, unfashionable cinematic traditions, kitschy space operas, forties horror matinees, and overblown Hollywood epics as Grindhouse is to exploitation flicks.
Better yet–and this is the crucial distinction–Star Wars works where Death Proof fails, perhaps because its admiration for the movies it emulates isn’t eclipsed by the director’s self-indulgence. Face it: true movie love doesn’t care how hip it is, and true cool doesn’t have anything to prove.
There's also comparison to 1963's "Cleopatra." The whole thing is a rather interesting take on things:
http://jurgenfauth.com/2007/04/10/cleopatra/
