Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Dark Star (film)" in English language version.
The original short was 45 minutes long and cost only $6,000 to produce using the equipment at USC.
I financed it until the summer of 1972, when a man named Jack Murphy, who owned a small Canadian distribution company, came on the picture.
And 'Waiting for Godot in outer space' was the best made-up I could come up with.
Sometimes you openly acknowledge the influence of other films: in Sunshine, Pinbacker's name is taken from Sgt Pinback in John Carpenter's Dark Star.
That was the first bad review I got, in the Daily Variety
Even the name Pinback – taken from the sci-fi movie Dark Star – suggests something mechanical, like a wind-up robot.
Sketched on a napkin over coffee with Dan O'Bannon at the House of Pancakes L.A.
I remember remarking to Rob at the time that I couldn't believe no-one had done a sitcom like that because it seemed like such a good thing to do. So it was the old memory of Dark Star and the Dave Hollins sketch and we decided to try and write it.
Commander Powell, Talby – John Carpenter
Pic began in 1970 as 45-minute USC Film School short. Final budget was $60,000.
So I went out to his apartment and basically recorded the score on this ... it was very, very primitive. We did the whole thing in about four hours.
Commander Powell, Talby – John Carpenter
I remember remarking to Rob at the time that I couldn't believe no-one had done a sitcom like that because it seemed like such a good thing to do. So it was the old memory of Dark Star and the Dave Hollins sketch and we decided to try and write it.
