Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Montreal
Warning: This review contains spoilers! My life changed forever that summer evening in 1977 when my parents took my brother and me to the Côte-des-Neiges cinema to see the original Star Wars before it was re-christened A New Hope. George Lucas’ cinematic classic became a childhood obsession that has lasted well into adulthood. The space […]
“So much has been written about Monty Python. There have been memoirs, diaries, books about the Pythons, books by the Pythons about other Pythons, articles about the books about the Pythons, countless interviews, autobiographies, documentaries…so many documentaries. I honestly think there are more hours of documentary about Python then there are hours of Python.” -Eric […]
“Lucas had controlled the way his movies were filmed, edited, financed, and merchandised. Now he would control the way they sounded in theatres as well-and get paid to do it, no less.” -Brian Jay Jones (from George Lucas: A Life)
“Who do I think I would’ve been if I hadn’t been Princess Leia? Am I Princess Leia, or is she me? Split the difference and you’d be closer to the truth. Star Wars was and is my job. It can’t fire me and I’ll never be able to quit, and why would I want to?” […]