WELCOME TO ISSUE 400 of Empire. Yep, 400. It’s a mighty big number, and over all that time we’ve certainly seen some stuff. We’ve been up close and personal with movies from Tim Burton’s Batman to Matt Reeves’ The Batman. We’ve journeyed onto sets from Pinewood to Perth. We’ve been to Jack Nicholson’s kitchen (roomy). We’ve even seen attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion, though admittedly that was just when we decided to watch Blade Runner again.
So, to mark the milestone, we thought it would be fun to share 400 things that we’ve learned over the years. The nuggets of trivia, the insights, the sandwiches that Keanu Reeves likes best. Almost none of it will be useful, but hopefully it’ll be more entertaining than our back-up idea: a giant mise-en-scène analysis of The 400 Blows.