In 1942, before Ronald Reagan became president, he starred in a movie that helped inspire ‘Star Wars’
Tom is a lifelong music lover based in London with a particular focus on DIY artists and independent communities. Outside of music, he's typically immersing himself in film, history and politics. Can't go too long without a niche, '90s Simpsons reference. In 1942, before Ronald Reagan became president, he starred in a movie that helped inspire ‘Star Wars’ There’s no bridge between Old and New Hollywood starker than John Williams’s stirring score for Star Wars. Cinema’s Golden Age felt increasingly distant as the 1970s wound down. The romance, valour and moral clarity that once ruled the box office had been upended by the counterculture and a new generation of moviegoers shaped by the era’s political radicalism. The studio system suddenly had next to no understanding of the market, and eagerly looked to the American film schools for graduates in touch with the zeitgeist who could pull…