Star Wars in fandom, film theory, and the museum: The cultural status of the cult blockbuster

Matt Hills

doi:10.4324/9781315012919-21

Star Wars in fandom, film theory, and the museum: The cultural status of the cult blockbuster

Matt Hills

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Abstract

Star Wars (1977) has been made to make film history, both positively, within its fan culture (Conrad 1996), and, more often negatively, among film critics. This one film has been engraved as an epitaph for classical Hollywood cinema by film historians (Mathews 1999) and discussed as a marker of merchandizing excess (Fleming 1996; Lukk 1997: 254).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Movie Blockbusters
Editors	Julian Stringer
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	11
Pages	178-189
Number of pages	12
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9781315012919
ISBN (Print)	9780415256087, 9780415256094
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315012919-21
Publication status	Published - 27 Mar 2013
Externally published	Yes

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