That can be said of almost anyone in Hollywood, though moreso for some than others. Despite the bashings he's been taking and his recent missteps, I still hold Lucas in high regard. When one looks back over everything he did during the creation of his original Star Wars trilogy, it's quite staggering.
I remember watching you, in a San Fran park shaving a girls hair. A girl watching made a statement "I would never shave my head". Your comment was "You wouldn't shave your head to be a star?" A few year later I seen the show THX1138. It really cought my imagination, and memories of that day. Later in life I realized I was watching a great person who brought joy, and more excitment to millions.
Lucas has been a pioneer in pushing forward the digital era:thanks to him we can make films on our computers filmed by digital cameras.He was working on nonlinear editing and digital cameras back in the 80's.One thing is that he overused digital effects without the right balance in story with the new trilogy,and the other thing is that he totally deserve recognition to change moviemaking to make it available to everybody with a true passion for telling an story.Before,that was studios power only
A little known fact is that George was one of the cameramen at the Rolling Stones free concert at Altamont in Dec. 69. He may have even been the one who caught the fatal stabbing on camera.
George Lucas is a true filmmaking genius, seriously : No gratuitous violence, sex or profanity in his movies yet he packs them in solid. It takes true talent to pull something like that off. How I wish Lucas had done Avatar...Jim Cameron beat him to the punch.
I respect Lucas, but his career is bitter-sweet. Whenever he makes a film in the spirit of American Zoetrope, it tends to come out far more avant-garde then projects like "The Crystal Skull" I admire Coppola, and Lucas' ability to pen scripts where they could make stars. IE: Hopper,Dreyfus,Ford, the list goes on and on. I wish there was more of an emphasis on helping young film-makers produce original low budget films while cultivating talent.
Georges is great, i agree, But Coppola was his master, and his friend too. So, thank you Coppola, your old student is now a big man in the world of movie.
I am fond of the public image of George Lucas. Frankly, I am watching a lot of B movies about Space made before his work. Space films fell into 2 categories... Documentaries or celluloid devoid of any science or plot ! Even Peter Bogdonavitch did a re-edit and additional scenes for a Roger Corman project based on the Russian film footage 'Planeta Burr'. Kubrick 2001 was good, but no adrenaline. Using better tech and the action serial style was an evolution, not a revival. Thanks George.
It's like there are two Georges: The one who cares about art, and seems like a nice guy, And the one who ruins his old movies, and doesn't release the originals. What a facinating individual...
He’s always been more of an editor at heart than a writer/director, and he often did it to cover up mistakes or due to a lack of quality footage. I think it sort of evolved to over-editing later on in his career - more desert rocks, more CG space monsters!
He's an artist who believes in the rights of the artist to do what they want with their art. He was unhappy and miserable making the Original Trilogy as he had to compromise left and right. You should read Jonathan Rinzler's Making Of Star Wars books. You can see why he'd want to go back and fix them one day. He also fixed the Prequels too. He cares more for his own satisfaction than what others think. This is the way it should be as any true art is personal.
RedLetterMedia's reviews are a bunch of manipulative, fallacious nonsense mixed with distraction and factual innacuracies. The prequel hatred bandwagon is based on emotion's, not facts.
@@eddiespiked Well said. It's absurd to me how they got so many views and documentaries like The People vs George Lucas gained traction. We really need to do better at teaching our youth visual literacy skills.
You mean the overall sense of overusing special effects? The fact how actors in his late efforts act, is very down the path actors accomplished so far. We all know it is a balance between believable, non-believable. Lucas his latter affairs are in a lot of ways not believable. Starwars was. THX was believable.
It's interviews like this that remind me why I respect this man so much
Same here I fantastic filmmaker, a father and a awesome person
THX 138 is also the tag number of Milner's 32 yellow coupe in American Graffiti :) cool
@goog le drive you mean?
That can be said of almost anyone in Hollywood, though moreso for some than others.
Despite the bashings he's been taking and his recent missteps, I still hold Lucas in high regard. When one looks back over everything he did during the creation of his original Star Wars trilogy, it's quite staggering.
I remember watching you, in a San Fran park shaving a girls hair. A girl watching made a statement "I would never shave my head". Your comment was "You wouldn't shave your head to be a star?" A few year later I seen the show THX1138. It really cought my imagination, and memories of that day.
Later in life I realized I was watching a great person who brought joy, and more excitment to millions.
Lucas has been a pioneer in pushing forward the digital era:thanks to him we can make films on our computers filmed by digital cameras.He was working on nonlinear editing and digital cameras back in the 80's.One thing is that he overused digital effects without the right balance in story with the new trilogy,and the other thing is that he totally deserve recognition to change moviemaking to make it available to everybody with a true passion for telling an story.Before,that was studios power only
A damn shame. THX 1138 is an underrated, dystopian gem. Not for all tastes, but, beautifully filmed and executed.
THX 1138 was ahead of its time! The Zoetrope documentary is outstanding as well!
A little known fact is that George was one of the cameramen at the Rolling Stones free concert at Altamont in Dec. 69. He may have even been the one who caught the fatal stabbing on camera.
George Lucas is a true filmmaking genius, seriously : No gratuitous violence, sex or profanity in his movies yet he packs them in solid. It takes true talent to pull something like that off. How I wish Lucas had done Avatar...Jim Cameron beat him to the punch.
he won the national student film festival award but got shut down.
I respect Lucas, but his career is bitter-sweet. Whenever he makes a film in the spirit of American Zoetrope, it tends to come out far more avant-garde then projects like "The Crystal Skull"
I admire Coppola, and Lucas' ability to pen scripts where they could make stars. IE: Hopper,Dreyfus,Ford, the list goes on and on.
I wish there was more of an emphasis on helping young film-makers produce original low budget films while cultivating talent.
THX-1138 was awesome.
Georges is great, i agree, But Coppola was his master, and his friend too. So, thank you Coppola, your old student is now a big man in the world of movie.
Probably shut down because it was detailing their future vision of the world. Mindlock.....
and has redlettermedia made a movie?
“I love space cop.”
I am fond of the public image of George Lucas. Frankly, I am watching a lot of B movies about Space made before his work. Space films fell into 2 categories... Documentaries or celluloid devoid of any science or plot ! Even Peter Bogdonavitch did a re-edit and additional scenes for a Roger Corman project based on the Russian film footage 'Planeta Burr'. Kubrick 2001 was good, but no adrenaline. Using better tech and the action serial style was an evolution, not a revival. Thanks George.
The King Of Sci-Fi
So they studio didn't like it? That's hilarious. And Lucas went on and made some of the best fims in the world. Boy did they ever screw that one up!!!
Lucasfilm-owned THX 1138
@Chrisdrumz His camera jammed after only a minute or two of filming, and he ended up with no usable footage. It wouldn't have been him.
1000% right!
It's like there are two Georges:
The one who cares about art, and seems like a nice guy,
And the one who ruins his old movies, and doesn't release the originals.
What a facinating individual...
He’s always been more of an editor at heart than a writer/director, and he often did it to cover up mistakes or due to a lack of quality footage. I think it sort of evolved to over-editing later on in his career - more desert rocks, more CG space monsters!
He's an artist who believes in the rights of the artist to do what they want with their art. He was unhappy and miserable making the Original Trilogy as he had to compromise left and right. You should read Jonathan Rinzler's Making Of Star Wars books. You can see why he'd want to go back and fix them one day. He also fixed the Prequels too. He cares more for his own satisfaction than what others think. This is the way it should be as any true art is personal.
@MoltenPlastic by far
what happened next?
The Godfather is what saved them from going under.
1138 backwards is 8311.
"Endor" is found in Psalm 83:11 of any Jewish Publication Society (JPS) Edition of the Bible.
I like midgets. Helped love ROTJ and the prequels
Non tutti conoscono l'inglese..
sottotitoli no???
thx 1138 is an extremely creepy movie
Suits with money will steal your soul if you let them. George didn't let them. And he made a fortune anyway.
no, he sold it instead.
@@plasticweapon Because he wanted to retire and do other things with his life.
RedLetterMedia's reviews are a bunch of manipulative, fallacious nonsense mixed with distraction and factual innacuracies. The prequel hatred bandwagon is based on emotion's, not facts.
they're based on good taste.
And who dictates what "good taste" is for starters?
@@eddiespiked Well said. It's absurd to me how they got so many views and documentaries like The People vs George Lucas gained traction. We really need to do better at teaching our youth visual literacy skills.
@@zoetropeguardian Rick Worley did a great job debunking their absurd claims ruclips.net/video/vqnjzVX8EKA/видео.html
You mean the overall sense of overusing special effects? The fact how actors in his late efforts act, is very down the path actors accomplished so far. We all know it is a balance between believable, non-believable. Lucas his latter affairs are in a lot of ways not believable. Starwars was. THX was believable.