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Check for Availabilityout of stock. Click on the button below to search for this title in other formats.  A Galaxy Not So Far Away: Writers and Artists on Twenty-Five Years of Star Warsby Glenn Kenny
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:A dazzling collection of original essays by some of America's most notable young writers on the cultural impact of the Star Wars films A Galaxy Not So Far Away is the first ever exploration of the innumerable ways the Star Wars films have forever altered our cultural and artistic landscape. Edited by Glenn Kenny, a senior editor and critic at Premiere magazine, this singular collection allows some of the nation's most acclaimed writers to anatomize, criticize, celebrate, and sometimes simply riff on the prismatic aftereffects of an unparalleled American phenomenon. Jonathan Lethem writes of the summer he saw Star Wars twenty-one times as his mother lay dying of cancer. Neal Pollack chips in with the putative memoir of a certain young man having problems with his father, written in the voice of Holden Caulfield. Erika Krouse ponders the code of the Jedi Knight and its relation to her own pursuit of the martial arts. New York Times film critic Elvis Mitchell meditates upon the mysterious figure Lando Calrissian. A classic assemblage of pop writing at its best, A Galaxy Not So Far Away is a book for everyone who loves Star Wars films and seeks to understand just what it is about these films that has so enchanted an entire generation of filmgoers. Synopsis:This is an exploration of the innumerable ways the Star Wars films have altered our cultural and artistic landscape. This collection allows some of the most acclaimed writers to anatomise, criticise and celebrate the prismatic after effects of the "Star Wars" phenomenon. About the AuthorGlenn Kenny is a senior editor and chief film critic for Premiere magazine. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Jedi Mind Tricks, by Glenn Kenny 13, 1977, 21, by Jonathan Lethem Pale Starship, Pale Rider: the Ambiguous Appeal of Boba Fett, by Tom Bissell Dagobah, Nebraska, by Dan Barden Celebrating the Fiftieth Anniversary of Catcher in the Red-Eye: Episode IV: A New Goddamn Hope, by Neal Pollack A Night Out at the Memeplex, by Arion Berger Married to the Force, by Kevin Smith Works Every Time, by Elvis Mitchell The Chrysanthemum and the Lightsaber, by Erika Krouse The Force Visits Willoughby, Ohio, by Elwood Reid Anakin, Get Your Gun, by Joe Queenan Becoming Darth Vader, by Lydia Millet It's a Wonderful Life Day, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Star Wars Holiday Special, by Webster Younce Planet Rock: Star Wars and Hip-Hop, by Harry Allen Jedi Uber Alles, by Tom Carson A Big Dumb Movie About Space Wizards: Struggling to Cope with The Phantom Menace, by Todd Hanson Star Wars Tale, by Kate Bemheimer A Star Wars Miscellany: Extracts Culled from Various Media, compiled by Aimee Agresti Acknowledgments Contributors What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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