I'm of that generation that saw 'Star Wars' when it first came out and it's my most vivid memory from childhood. Not just of the film but the whole experience; queuing with my parents round the block at the Odeon in Brighton through two screenings until we finally got in. Could you imagine that now? TWO screenings? And I had the best seat in the house. Literally. About two-thirds back and right in the centre. Lights go down, you get the little BBFC title card with the name of the film on it and then you're in to the Twentieth Century Fox fanfare. Silence for a heartbeat then, I think, the best opening title in the history of cinema - 'A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...' Anyway, that's what made me want to become a film director. That and watching 'Citizen Kane' when I was 17. George Lucas and Orson Welles - how unoriginal!
