Det ville måske være nærliggende at tro, at J.J. Abrams i sin “Star Wars”-debut som instruktør på “Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens” ville være inspireret af George Lucas. Men det er ikke hjernen bag de seks første film, der har influeret Abrams, men derimod tre legender, som er i en instruktør-galakse langt, langt borte fra “Star Wars”.
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I den nyeste udgave af Empire peger Abrams nemlig på Terrence Malick (“Den tynde røde linje”), John Ford (“Diligencen”) og Akira Kurosawa (“De syv samuraier”) som de instruktører, der har influeret arbejdet med “Star Wars: Episode VII” mest.
Således så Abrams en række af de tre legenders film, inden arbejdet med “Star Wars: Episode VII” blev påbegyndt. Han kiggede på selvtilliden i John Fords westerns, på koreografien og kompositionerne hos Kurosawa samt den kraftfulde stilhed i Malicks film.
Således er det en række kunstnerisk stærke inspirationer, der har inspireret “Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens”, der får premiere den 16. december 2015.
#1 MystiskeMox 8 år siden
#2 Geekalot 8 år siden
#3 Business Monkey 8 år siden
Den her melding er hverken underlig eller et tegn på at han ikke har gjort et godt job, for ud over hans egen personlige stil (som jo er vel den vi ser mest af i filmen ligegyldigt hvad), så er sådan en inspirationsstrategi ret intelligent.
For den originale Star Wars trilogi (og til en vis grad prequel - dog, knapt hvad angår en del visuel stil) var især inspireret af Kurosawa og Ford og hvis Abrams i stedet blot havde ladet sig inspirere af Star Wars æstetikken eller dets temaer, så var han nok endt et langt mindre genkendeligt sted (hvad angår både tone, tema og visuel stil) end hvad vi kommer til at få (synes allerede trailerne peger på en historie der er nærmest copypastet fra den originale trilogi.)
Et godt sammenligningseksempel synes jeg er rockmusik. Rockmusik fra de sene tressere og tidlige halvfjerdsere var stærkt bluesinspireret, og kommer til at have en masse blueselementer transformeret ind i den rockgenre, som blev etableret.
Senere rockmusik var, ja, rockinspireret, og det har givet helt andre grundrytmer og melodier end hvad den oprindelige bluesinspirerede rock havde (især shuffleelementet blev fjernet til fordel for en straight 4/4 følelse, eller bord-stol som man også kalder det).
Man kan på en måde sige at Abrams i et forsøg på at lave noget, der passer med den "oprindelige" rock, har ladet sig inspirere af blues i stedet for rocken selv.
Giver det mening? :D
Og hvad angår Terence Malick, tror jeg bare det er hans personlige smag (det kan jo aldrig være 100% det samme, så man kan lige så godt smide noget "nyt" i). Lucas var, så vidt jeg ved ikke inspireret af Malick.
#4 spoil@lot 8 år siden
Starkiller is an ancient weapon built by a powerful ancient race of dark side users that harnesses the power of a Force user and turns it into pure energy. Luke is intertwined Werth this weapon while in captivity, and has refused to use the force fir the duration of said captivity. The First Order has not only been trying to get Luke to crack, they've also been testing other force users. The one you see in the trailer is them testing Rey's. Kylo is after the lightsaber because he believes it may be powerful in the force enough itself to fire Starkiller at the capacity they want, but when he captures the daughter of Luke, he believes she'll have far more potential than a mere object would.
When they test her the results are better than anything they previously had, but still unable to create enough power to reach the star system the weapon is trying to destroy as a test.
Now, in the closing act, after feeling the loss of Han and the danger his daughter is in, Luke becomes so enraged that he uses the Force to his maximum ability, not only destroying the star the weapon was aimed at, but unleashing so much power that he destroys the entire planet.
Why is Luke in captivity? Who is holding him and for what purpose?
Is Kylo's lightsaber utilizing Vader's old crystal or was it all constructed himself?
Where is R2 the whole movie?
Is BB8 a good or bad motives? Who does he really belong to?
Any idea where Lando will fit in to the new story?
Why is MVS character so under wraps?
Luke is in captivity of the First Order. They want to use his command over the force to power Starkiller.
The movie doesn't delve into this.
The Resistance base. Flashbacks he was with Luke.
BB8 is good. He belongs to Lor San Tekka.
You've got me. He's got all of ten minutes of screen time.
So if you have seen the film here's an easy one. What is Han Solo's last line of dialogue before he dies, and who is it too?
"Come back to the light..."
To Kylo Ren.
Terrifying. My description will sound cheesy but when you see the execution on screen, it truly is incredible.
He is not a humanoid. He's disembodied but has a physical form. That form, for lack of a better word, is a smokey haze which takes on the form of a somewhat humanoid like face when speaking with Kylo and Hux. It is suspended in the air. Snoke speaks telepathically only.
In the third act we find out Snoke can possess people, and he ends up possessing Kylo Ren
#5 spoil@lot 8 år siden
Starkiller is an ancient weapon built by a powerful ancient race of dark side users that harnesses the power of a Force user and turns it into pure energy. Luke is intertwined Werth this weapon while in captivity, and has refused to use the force fir the duration of said captivity. The First Order has not only been trying to get Luke to crack, they've also been testing other force users. The one you see in the trailer is them testing Rey's. Kylo is after the lightsaber because he believes it may be powerful in the force enough itself to fire Starkiller at the capacity they want, but when he captures the daughter of Luke, he believes she'll have far more potential than a mere object would.
When they test her the results are better than anything they previously had, but still unable to create enough power to reach the star system the weapon is trying to destroy as a test.
Now, in the closing act, after feeling the loss of Han and the danger his daughter is in, Luke becomes so enraged that he uses the Force to his maximum ability, not only destroying the star the weapon was aimed at, but unleashing so much power that he destroys the entire planet.
Why is Luke in captivity? Who is holding him and for what purpose?
Is Kylo's lightsaber utilizing Vader's old crystal or was it all constructed himself?
Where is R2 the whole movie?
Is BB8 a good or bad motives? Who does he really belong to?
Any idea where Lando will fit in to the new story?
Why is MVS character so under wraps?
Luke is in captivity of the First Order. They want to use his command over the force to power Starkiller.
The movie doesn't delve into this.
The Resistance base. Flashbacks he was with Luke.
BB8 is good. He belongs to Lor San Tekka.
You've got me. He's got all of ten minutes of screen time.
So if you have seen the film here's an easy one. What is Han Solo's last line of dialogue before he dies, and who is it too?
"Come back to the light..."
To Kylo Ren.
Terrifying. My description will sound cheesy but when you see the execution on screen, it truly is incredible.
He is not a humanoid. He's disembodied but has a physical form. That form, for lack of a better word, is a smokey haze which takes on the form of a somewhat humanoid like face when speaking with Kylo and Hux. It is suspended in the air. Snoke speaks telepathically only.
In the third act we find out Snoke can possess people, and he ends up possessing Kylo Ren
#6 MystiskeMox 8 år siden
Jeg er stadig overbevist om at de tidligere Star Wars film har inspireret ham MEST.
Og så er det muligt at det er intelligent sagt og de var inspireret af Kurosawa m.fl., nå ja og en masse andet - prøv fx ligge at tjekke tegneserien Linda og Valentin.
http://comicwiki.dk/images/thumb/f/f5/LV_Star_Wars...
Men jeg mener stadig ikke det er rigtig når vi taler om den som har givet mest inspiration.
Alt andet end Star Wars ville være ufatteligt mærkeligt i mine øjne. Og herefter kan vi så bevæge os ind på alle de andre.....
#7 Business Monkey 8 år siden
Nu er det ufatteligt svært, hvis ikke direkte umuligt at kvantificere kvaliteter, så når du siger at tidligere Star Wars film må have inspireret ham mest, kan jeg jo hverken være enig eller uenig.
Ja, selvfølgelig må man lade sig inspirere af tidligere Star Wars, når man vil lave ny Star Wars. Det er jo indlysende, som at man vil lave rockmusik og ikke blues inden for rockmusik.
Pointen i det jeg sagde er blot, at det er vigtigt at lade sig inspirere af tidligere inspirationskilder for at nå en lignende stil, for ellers får vi bare nogle "uvante" modifikationer af det samme Star Wars gøgl som vi ellers kendte.
"Stil" er et ret udefineret begreb, men min pointe var blot at jeg kan forstå den kreative strategi, for hvis man fokuserer på hvad der mere unikt er Star Wars, så får vi vel ikke andet end en masse afskårede hænder (på nye måder!), megakompliceret dialog og en hel masse "wipes"... Hov, det minder mig pludseligt om prequeltrilogien, som jeg vil give et godt bud på var i langt højere grad "kun" inspireret af de oprindelige Star Wars film, og det er netop sådanne "underlige" modifikationer jeg tror man kan undgå til en vis grad ved at se på oprindelige inspirationskilder.
#8 Elvira39 8 år siden
Banaliteterne står i kø på Filmz i de her dage!
#9 Business Monkey 8 år siden
Agurketid er agurketid...
Værdien i at diskutere subtile filmiske elementer i stedet for at komme med værdiladede ytringer om films styrker eller svagheder er så selvfølgelig op til dig at vurdere. ;P