Body Heat

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1. NeutralubermonkeyOct 25, 2022

   That's a widely held POV. Lucas hired a decent director in Irving Kershner and had outsiders do the actual screenplay, including Lawrence Kasdan. Kasdan went on to become a genuine heavyweight writer (Raiders, Jedi) and writer/director (Body Heat, The Big Chill, The Accidental Tourist, Grand Canyon). He also wrote TFA and Solo.

   So, honestly, no surprise it was better executed than the first film. I maintain to this day that TESB is still the only one of the 9 "Skywalker Saga" movies that is genuinely a good film from an objective filmmaking perspective.

2. Positivejs2Sep 5, 2022

   Noir: my favorite genre. Here's some color noirs I don't think have lost anything for not being in B&W: Leave Her to Heaven; Black Widow (1954); Blood Simple; Le Samouraï; Chinatown; Body Heat; Femme Fatale (2002); The Last Seduction; Thief (1981); Basic Instinct; After Dark, My Sweet.

   My favorite noir however is indeed B&W: Detour (1945). To me it is the quintessential noir film.

3. NeutralkebmanJun 26, 2022

   Thinking about what was possible to make in 1982, it's pretty amazing. It's an absolute classic, up there with the best of the noirs (the actual film noirs), such as The Maltese Falcon, Double Indemnity and The Third Man; the logical answer to the Neo Noir Body Heat the year before. It's like a legacy moving onto such things as Ghost in the Shell and even The Matrix.

4. PositivedansoOct 25, 2013

   According to his IMDB bio, Kasdan was not involved in the prequels.

   http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001410/?ref_=nv_sr_1

   So how does that mean that he "didn't see the coming evil of the worst of the trilogy?" Or do you mean he was responsible for the Ewoks in Return of the Jedi?

   Given that Lucas went on to do the two Ewok follow ups, which don't seem to be artistic classics, and then the prequels...whereas Kasdan on his own did the classic Body Heat...I think Kasdan can reasonably claim that the bad parts of Star Wars are not on him