THIS= en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomyth The monomyth has influenced a number of artists, musicians, poets, and filmmakers, including Bob Dylan and George Lucas.[citation needed] George Lucas and Star Wars[edit] In addition to the extensive discussion between Campbell and Bill Moyers broadcast in 1988 on PBS as The Power of Myth (Filmed at Skywalker Ranch), on Campbells influence on the Star Wars films, Lucas himself gave an extensive interview for the biography Joseph Campbell: A Fire in the Mind (Larsen and Larsen, 2002, pages 541-543) on this topic. In this interview, Lucas states that in the early 1970s after completing his early film, American Graffiti, it came to me that there really was no modern use of mythology...so thats when I started doing more strenuous research on fairy tales, folklore and mythology, and I started reading Joes books. Before that I hadnt read any of Joes books.... It was very eerie because in reading The Hero with A Thousand Faces I began to realize that my first draft of Star Wars was following classical motifs(p. 541). Twelve years after the making of The Power of Myth, Moyers and Lucas met again for the 1999 interview, the Mythology of Star Wars with George Lucas & Bill Moyers, to further discuss the impact of Campbells work on Lucass films.[6] In addition, the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution sponsored an exhibit during the late 1990s called Star Wars: The Magic of Myth which discussed the ways in which Campbells work shaped the Star Wars films[7] A companion guide of the same name was published in 1997. Chris Vogler, The Writers Journey, and Hollywood films[edit] Christopher Vogler, a Hollywood film producer and writer, created a 7-page company memo, A Practical Guide to The Hero With a Thousand Faces,[8] based on Campbells work. Voglers memo was later developed into the late 1990s book, The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure For Writers. The mens movement[edit] Poet Robert Bly, Michael J. Meade, and others involved in the mens movement have applied and expanded the concepts of the heros journey and the monomyth as a metaphor for personal spiritual and psychological growth, particularly in the mythopoetic mens movement.[9][10] readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/hero-journey-30069.html
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