The People vs. George Lucas Director Interview, Part 1

The is Part 1 (of 3) of The Sci-Fi Block's interview with the director of the documentary 'The People vs. George Lucas,' Alexandre Philippe.

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[dellwon]

is this left right audio thing an invention created by lucas sound? because it sucks

[TheSciFiBlock]

@dellwon Yeah, my mixing software did that automatically, and I thought it would work out well, so I kept it. Gotten plenty of complaints, though, so I don't do that anymore.

[spacenoise5]

i hate that left and right thing, stop it.

[TheSciFiBlock]

@spacenoise5 Yeah, I'll try to fix that on the next one.

[jambedavdar]

Glad to hear this. Thanks. I've shot an interview for Alexandre. Just hope it gets to him in time for final cut.

[TheSciFiBlock]

Yeah, hopefully it'll make it in.

[andross51]

I can see the fans hating lucas, but to say they "OWN" star wars IS HORSESHIT! Fuck any fan who says that.

[anime1973]

My God. the original trilogy transended generations. the prequel trilogy appeals only to a generation that grew up with men wearing makeup.

[J5MARLON]

Its just a movie.

[J5MARLON]

I still enjoy my VHS tape of Star Wars with Han shoots first and sfx from the 70s.

[hackensac]

1:17

Steven Spielberg did it with ET

so why can't George Lucas do it with his films?

[horsie111]

As different as the prequels were from the original films, Lucas did repeat what he achieved with the originals: use cutting edge technology to dictate how the films were made and determine what they would become. There was never going to be an evocation of the originals, with the prequels, that the fans wanted: only lame throwbacks such as Jedi trainees with the floating balls... People were always going to be disappointed with them, since technology changes and Lucas just uses what is there.

[peri2502]

@andross51 (cont.) George Lucas consistently refuses to release the original movies on a new medium, which is essentially the only thing that most of his old fans ask for. I have no problem with people liking the special editions better, but I can't see any real reason to deny us the original versions other than him being stubborn.

I owned the original Star Wars on VHS tapes that now have deteriorated, so these movies are now lost to me, which is a bit sad.

[peri2502]

@andross51 Oh I agree, the amount of anger against George goes quite a bit over board. But I think that I speak for most of the old-school fans when I say that I never hated him. I am just very dissapointed and have lost my faith in him as a writer and film maker. I think that the extreme hatred and vocal unrest comes from people with a little too much time on their hands for their own good.

On the other hand I have to say that I can't understand why...

[andross51]

@peri2502 awesome a good fan here with a very respectable opinion. I see what your saying. Honestly i watched the originals, i can totally agree they deserve to be preserved, however i like the 97 special editions more. But just me. Understandable, peri2502, i can understand then why you guys get upset at george. However i think its been blown off the deep scale of everyone's hatred of george.

[peri2502]

@andross51 (cont.) say that George Lucas owes something to the fans which he is not willing to provide. Imagine Leonardo da Vinci coming back to life and taking the Mona Lisa away by hiding the original and presenting a new "improved" painting of her with surreal, bright colours and the addition of a mustache. "Here you go then, here is your new Mona Lisa. Enjoy, you will never have the old one back!" Of course people would get upset and complain that he can't do that.

[peri2502]

@andross51 It has never been about who legally owns SW. It is about the cultural impact it created when it first came out and how it affected people. SW is a cultural phenomenon and many have come to care about it (to varying degrees, of course). When I was a kid, the movies helped me through some rough spots in my life, so I found myself attached to them even years later. So why the question of legal ownership is uncontested, fans can claim to "own" a little piece of it as well. Or you could...