@amaxamon I completely hated the use of that font in Red Tails, man. The film deserved a dedicated title sequence. It was completely too plain and out of place for the opening of a WWII comic book adventure. Those horrible titles were also superimposed over a pretty important scene that gets somewhat lost because the audience's attention is divided when it should be focused on the scene. George dropped the ball there.
@creolefreak22 Heh heh, I liked it, I thought it looked like a comic book "splash page" with text over action, a logo followed by block text. What did you think of the movie otherwise? I think it's a real throwback to GL's 1970's style, a refreshingly unusual film.
@amaxamon I enjoyed the film but was also disappointed with it. The film definitely has the charm of GL's early stuff: witty characters, brilliant action and that naive innocent charm. I enjoyed the story of Easy and Lightning but I didn't care for the movie's plot. From the standpoint of action films, the Nazi Ace villain wasn't used to his full potential for drama. It's a war movie but I never felt any stakes in any of the beautiful dogfight sequences until the very end. And then it was over.
Now if only someone would post Coppola's home movie of Brando transforming himself into Vito Corleone with shoe polish and Kleenex. THAT's the holy grail!
Wow, thanks very much for posting this, I've been looking all over for it ever since reading about it in Michael Schumacher's excellent book on Coppola.
Great!! I recognized Lucas's voice in some of the narrations. Also nice to see clean shaven Coppola. This is truly a rare opportunity. Tanks for uploading!
Lucas has always loved that cyan/blue helvetica font, hasn't he.
creolefreak22 5 months ago
@creolefreak22 He uses the same font, in red, for Red Tails! I love it, it's a holdover from old documentaries.
amaxamon 1 month ago in playlist George Lucas
@amaxamon I completely hated the use of that font in Red Tails, man. The film deserved a dedicated title sequence. It was completely too plain and out of place for the opening of a WWII comic book adventure. Those horrible titles were also superimposed over a pretty important scene that gets somewhat lost because the audience's attention is divided when it should be focused on the scene. George dropped the ball there.
creolefreak22 1 month ago
@creolefreak22 Heh heh, I liked it, I thought it looked like a comic book "splash page" with text over action, a logo followed by block text. What did you think of the movie otherwise? I think it's a real throwback to GL's 1970's style, a refreshingly unusual film.
amaxamon 1 month ago
@amaxamon I enjoyed the film but was also disappointed with it. The film definitely has the charm of GL's early stuff: witty characters, brilliant action and that naive innocent charm. I enjoyed the story of Easy and Lightning but I didn't care for the movie's plot. From the standpoint of action films, the Nazi Ace villain wasn't used to his full potential for drama. It's a war movie but I never felt any stakes in any of the beautiful dogfight sequences until the very end. And then it was over.
creolefreak22 1 month ago
We love the process of filmmaking, but often hate the execution.
srroceht 1 year ago
So pimp how Lucas gives himself a nice little inpicture pan over to himself and the music gets all pimp and badass. Yeah bitch I directed this!!!
EjkoUSC 1 year ago
"there's more nourishment in a good film than in a box of wheaties." totally agree.
aozo725 1 year ago
Great to watch. Can't believe how clean shaven Coppola looks!
tom555609 2 years ago
That was awesome.
RobLipton 2 years ago
awesome.....
bboyzball 2 years ago
Now if only someone would post Coppola's home movie of Brando transforming himself into Vito Corleone with shoe polish and Kleenex. THAT's the holy grail!
tarzanofthecows 3 years ago
Wow, thanks very much for posting this, I've been looking all over for it ever since reading about it in Michael Schumacher's excellent book on Coppola.
tarzanofthecows 3 years ago
Thanks so much. I've wanted to see this for years!
ghosttime 3 years ago
How did you get hands on this? I would love to have a copy of my own.
DirectorGrapes 3 years ago
Great!! I recognized Lucas's voice in some of the narrations. Also nice to see clean shaven Coppola. This is truly a rare opportunity. Tanks for uploading!
bwanasan 3 years ago
I mean thanks...
bwanasan 3 years ago
Awesome Thank you for posting. This movie means alot to me .
BoxPhantom 3 years ago