THE LAST STARFIGHTER

THE LAST STARFIGHTER. Nick Castle, dir. USA: Lorimar / Universal, 1984.

The Starfighter videogame turns out to be a test, and young Alex Rogan really has been "recruited by the Star League to defend the Frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan Armada." Note for motif of videoscreen as portal to a larger world of adventure. Discussed by V. Sobchack in Screening Space, Chapter 4; see also Dennis K. Fischer, "THE LAST STARFIGHTER," Cinefantastique 15 (Jan. 1985): 24 f.

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