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Black Angel, 1980, the previously lost film that played before Empire Strikes Back has been found

AdsoAdso Member Posts: 122
edited May 2015 in Off-Topic
I post this since most here weren't around to see it in the theatre (and in the UK), including me. Being a neat little fantasy short that like so many other fantasy movies, have fed into various game designs, art, plots, mods, etc., I thought I would share it here:

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"Back in 1980, George Lucas wanted a film to play with Empire Strikes Back in the UK and ended up commissioning then art director Roger Christian to make it. Christian, who had set-directed Star Wars, and art-directed both Alien and Monty Python’s The Life Of Brian, made the short film in Scotland and titled it Black Angel. The film is a swords-and-sorcery tale of a knight traversing a plague-stricken land with many elements of dream imagery and mythical archetypes woven throughout. "

article about it (Black Angel, 1980):
http://www.avclub.com/article/previously-lost-film-played-empire-strikes-back-ha-219359

direct link to YT:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L8pHKP-vv4
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Comments

  • SheennoobiSheennoobi Member Posts: 9
    oh man!
    nice share!!

  • BelanosBelanos Member Posts: 968
    I watched that, I wasn't really impressed. It just seemed to drag out and didn't really make a lot of sense to me.
  • FardragonFardragon Member Posts: 4,511
    I saw this at the cinema when I was about 12. I didn't really understand it at the time, but the images haunted me. I was glad when they started talking about this a year or so ago, to prove I hadn't dreamt it.
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