The revelation that the Star Wars spin-off was mapped out using clips from existing movies is a reminder of the multiplexs resistance to breaking new ground. We must cherish the films that doIt’s become a familiar experience to the 21st-century cinemagoer: that nagging feeling of deja vu in the multiplex,the sense that one is seeing the same film over and over again, ad infinitum. This is hardly surprising given seven of final year’s 10 highest-grossing films were either remakes, and sequels or set in a pre-existing “cinematic universe”. Hollywood has become – perhaps always has been a cultural Möbius strip,doomed to eternally travel the same path, only ever shifting its trajectory slightly; an old scratched, or warped record that never plays quite the same way twice.
But while cinephiles have long become used to shelling out their hard-earned wonga to watch the same film several times over,a new interview with the editors of Rogue One: A Star Wars anecdote hints that Hollywood’s habit of regurgitation goes further than we imagined. It reveals the film’s initial “slit”, designed to map out the film before any shooting took station, and was cobbled together by editor Colin Goudie using footage from hundreds of other existing films.
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Source: theguardian.com