Star Wars fans: Doing anything for the next two hours? No? Good. Then put your feet up and watch the surreal crowdsourced craziness that is Empire Strikes Back Uncut — a shot-for-shot remake of the 1980 classic, below.
Whereas the original had a budget of $33 million (or about $114 million in today’s dollars), this version had more modest funding — something along the lines of, oh, let’s say a nice, round $0.
Crowdsourced with the help of 1,500 fans who each selected 15 seconds of the movie to reshoot, the stitched-together version is a madcap mixture of the most creatively cheap scenes you can imagine. One second Han Solo and Princess Leia are kissing in the carbonite chamber — well, some guy playing Han and a dachshund in a Leia outfit — the next second, we’re watching an homage to the classic A-ha video Take On Me Read more…
More about Star Wars, Lucasfilm, Film, Watercooler, and Videos
Behold: The No-Budget Remake of 'The Empire Strikes Back' by 1,500 Fans
No comments:
Post a Comment