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UNITED STATES · 2017
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
Synopsis
Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resistance prepares to do battle with the First Order.
Cinematic DNA
Rian Johnson convened his crew at Lucasfilm and screened Japanese samurai films — not as homage, but as architecture. Hideo Gosha's Three Outlaw Samurai taught him how to frame three characters moving through combat with absolute clarity. Kurosawa's Rashomon showed him how to take the same event and show it fractured through different perspectives, each revealing different truth. The Luke-Kylo flashback sequences are Rashomon remade as Star Wars. Both films are on Criterion Channel.
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