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 […]
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for April 2019: MUSIC Many top touring acts headline various Montreal concert venues this month. Highlights include Ariana Grande at the Bell Centre on April 1, Brit Floyd at Salle Wilfred-Pelletier on April 6; The Tea Party at MTELUS on April 12, the legendary Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of […]
“…Star Wars has always been a welcoming, comforting presence. It is the great equalizer in a sense. Whether or not one would admit it to you is one thing, but unless they were a feral child, there is a 99.9 percent chance that every man, woman, and child alive today has made a lightsaber noise […]
“Part of the reason the movie business was struggling throughout the 2010’s was its leaders couldn’t adjust to the fact that they were no longer the center of the pop-culture universe, around which all other media orbited. Movies still had an important place, of course, but they no longer had the first and foremost claim […]
“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?” […]