Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
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Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (USA 1977, George Lucas).
Credit: Library of Congress.
Photographs of the faded Eastman Color Print Film by Barbara Flueckiger.
Restoration:
Magid, Ron (1997): An Expanded Universe. Digital and analog special effects collide in the stooled version of Star Wars. In: American Cinematographer, 78,2, pp. 60–70, on pp. 64–68. View Quote
Magid, Ron (1997): Saving the Star Wars Saga. In: American Cinematographer, 78,2, pp. 55–59. View Quote
Contemporary Reception:
Canby, Vincent (1977): Film View. In: The New York Times, Jun., p. 15 and p. 33. View Quote
Full text on The New York Times website. View Link
Selected Analyses:
Anonymous (1977): Behind the Scenes of Star Wars. In: American Cinematographer, 58,7, pp. 698–701, pp. 746–747 and p. 762, on pp. 700–701. View Quote
Hougron, Alexandre (1992): La couleur de l’autre. Le rouge et le vert dans les films de science-fiction. Yann Tobin (ed.): Dossier. La couleur du cinéma. In: Positif, 375–376, May, pp. 121–158, on pp. 143–146. (in French) View Quote
Turnock, Julie A. (2015): Plastic Reality. Special Effects, Technology, and the Emergence of 1970s Blockbuster Aesthetics. New York: Columbia University Press, on p. 130 View Quote, on pp. 146–147 View Quote, on p. 149 View Quote and on pp. 166–167. View Quote
Production Reports:
Blalack, Robert; Roth, Paul (1977): Composite Optical and Photographic Effects for Star Wars. In: American Cinematographer, 58,7, pp. 706–708 and p. 772, on pp. 707–708. View Quote
Dykstra, John (1977): Miniature and Mechanical Special Effects for Star Wars. In: American Cinematographer, 58,7, pp. 702–705, p. 732, pp. 742–745 and pp. 750–757, on pp. 744–745 and on p. 750 View Quote and on pp. 752–755. View Quote
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ShowHide detailsStar Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (USA 1977, George Lucas). Credit: Library of Congress. Photographs of the faded Eastman Color Print Film by Barbara Flueckiger
