Dirk’s Five: Odeon Memories
In a mash up of our usual features, this is a Starburst Memory that meets the Dirk’s Five. The Odeon in Bolton held a very special space in the heart […]
Tag Archives: Star Wars
DIRK’S FILM SCHOOL: THE CHASE SEQUENCE
SEMINAR NOTES When G.A.Smith remade the Louis Lumiere’s L’ARROSEUR ARROSÉ (1895) as THE PRACTICAL JOKE (1998) he gave more prominence to the chase of the young boy who douses the […]
Starburst Memories: Jim Henson, The Works
One of the most well-thumbed tomes in the Dirk archive is Jim Henson, The Works. A hagiography from 1993 produced by Jim Henson Productions to celebrate the creativity of their […]
CHRIS: The Muppet Christmas Carol (Henson, US, 1992)
Ah, the festive season, with its fine traditions: waiting for Santa on Christmas Eve, realising he’s never going to appear, so you’ll have to do all the wrapping yourself while […]
Dom: The Return of The Jedi (Marquand, US, 1983)
In a way everybody thinks that George Lucas directed all the Star Wars films, he didn’t, he directed the original and then handed over the ropes to Irwin Kershner for […]
Starburst Memories: Disney to make Myhr Rho spin-off
Since Disney purchased the rights to Star Wars and announced that it will be developing more films, there have been daily press releases about how the franchise will develop and […]
Starburst Memories (redux): Interview with a Geek: Chris Hart
Originally posted on 2 Warps to Neptune:
Chris as a young lad, mentally preparing for the annual British Open Dungeon Crawl Championships. Chris today, rendered impressionistic by so many years of…
CHRIS: The Dungeon Masters (McAlester, US, 2008)
For us, the movie came down to an essential question about creativity. Because if you’re an adult in America and you get paid to be creative, people look at you […]
CHRIS: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Cameron, US, 1991)
Well, he said he’d be back. It’s a portentous title to a portentous film by the world’s most portentous film-maker, but it is teeth-rattling fun from the end to the […]
Starburst Memories: The Star Wars Visual Dictionary
There’s nothing that gets Dirk more excited than Star Wars ephemera. A recent bequest to Dirk’s ever-expanding library is Dorling Kindersley’s wonderful Visual Dictionary. After a clear-out of her garage, […]
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