The Birth of R2-D2
How Douglas Trumbull's 1972 low-budget, bleeding heart science fiction classic yielded not just the basic look of, but the humanity of R2-D2 and robots everywhere.
Short, but sweet mashup video that looks at the opening of Star Wars and its bevy of influences.
I made this quick mashup from the feature-length Kitbashed video, featuring footage from the Flash Gordon serial, the Forbidden Planet trailer, music from Ivanhoe and Kings Row by Erich Wolfgang Korngold and footage from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
