Category Archives: Theater Fantastique

Star Wars (1977)

Posted on April 9, 2012 at 6:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

As a child, I slept in Star Wars sheets while wearing Star Wars pajamas. I listened to the storybook record and tapes of the radio adaptation. I collected the trading cards and obsessed over the action figures, setting a personal … Continue reading →

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Fata Morgana (1971)

Posted on April 4, 2012 at 6:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

“In Paradise, man is born dead.” So speaks the gruff German narrator of the second movement of Werner Herzog’s apocalyptic travelogue, Fata Morgana (1971). The images support the thesis. This, Herzog’s third full-length feature film, depicts an African landscape littered … Continue reading →

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Time Masters (1982)

Posted on March 12, 2012 at 6:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

He signed his work “Moebius.” His name was Jean Henri Gaston Giraud, born in Paris in 1938, a fashion illustrator who turned to comic strips to let his vast imagination loose – and swiftly became one of the most acclaimed … Continue reading →

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