in answer to the question, has a work of art changed your life? i have to go back to a hot day in 1977, when my dad brought us to the charles theater in boston. we waited and waited in an endless line, for what dad said was a "science fiction" movie. my sister and i had no use for science fiction movies. dad told us we'd love it. we whined and complained, and finally, we sat down in the theater, and on the screen came, "a long time ago in a galaxy far far away" i don't think i moved an inch during the entire film. if ever a movie changed my life, it was star wars