Research Catalog
The Empire Strikes Back
- Title
- The Empire Strikes Back / Rebecca Harrison.
- Author
- Harrison, Rebecca
- Publication
- London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2020.
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Details
- Description
- 100 pages : color illustrations; 19 cm.
- Summary
- "The Empire Strikes Back (1980), the second film in the original Star Wars trilogy, is often cited as the 'best' and most popular Star Wars movie. In her compelling study, Rebecca Harrison draws on previously unpublished archival research to reveal a variety of original and often surprising perspectives on the film, from the cast and crew who worked on its production through to the audiences who watched it in cinemas. Harrison guides readers on a journey that begins with the film's production in 1979 and ends with a discussion about its contemporary status as an object of reverence and nostalgia. She demonstrates how Empire's meaning and significance has continually shifted over the past 40 years not only within the franchise, but also in broader conversations about film authorship, genre, and identity. Offering new insights and original analysis of Empire via its cultural context, production history, textual analysis, exhibition, reception, and post-1980 re-evaluations of the film, the book provides a timely and relevant reassessment of this enduringly popular film"--
- Series Statement
- BFI film classics
- Uniform Title
- BFI film classics.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 98-100) and index.
- Contents
- Creating an empire -- In production -- The film -- Seeing Star Wars -- Critics write back -- Number five at number one.
- Call Number
- MFLP (Empire strikes back) 21-40
- ISBN
- 9781911239970
- 191123997X
- 9781911239963 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781911239994 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2020005210
- OCLC
- 1155485768
- Author
- Harrison, Rebecca, author.
- Title
- The Empire Strikes Back / Rebecca Harrison.
- Publisher
- London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2020.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- BFI film classicsBFI film classics.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 98-100) and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Harrison, Rebecca, The Empire Strikes Back London ; New York : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2020. 9781911239963 (DLC) 2020005211
- Research Call Number
- MFLP (Empire strikes back) 21-40