Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey
beasdy Wookiee? I didn't feel comfortable in any of their skins. In these few seconds
I experienced something like panic. T h e hero, for me, was truly in the belly of the
whale, inaccessible, effectively dead. W i t h the hero dead, who was I in this movie?
W h a t was my point of view? M y emotions, like the basketball held under water, were
depressed.
Just then Luke Skywalker explodes to the surface, slimy but alive. H e has died
to our eyes, but now he lives again, rebirthed by the companions who help him to
his feet. A t once the audience feels elated. T h e emotions ride higher for having been
brought down so far. Experiences like this are the key to the popularity of the Star
Wars movies. T h e y fling heroes and audiences over the brink of death and snatch
them back repeatedly. It's more than great special effects, funny dialogue, and sex
that people are paying for. T h e y love to see heroes cheat death. In fact they love to
cheat death themselves
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