cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/24402951
It’s no secret that the original Star Wars trilogy inspired many of today’s best filmmakers. Now, we can add one more to that list. French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat has received great acclaim for her film The Substance, which is nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Fargeat herself is up for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.
Apparently, it was Star Wars where Fargeat first got her spark as a director. Letterboxd recently shared Fargeat’s La Guerre des Étoiles, a Star Wars fan film from 1993 that she made at the age of 17. The thumbnail adds it was Fargeat’s first film. The title “La Guerre des Étoiles” is French for “Star Wars.” The film uses action figures and other methods to recreate scenes from Return of the Jedi. (Editor’s note: The action scenes remind me of stuff my buddies and I filmed in our youth that we swore was award-worthy.)