George Lucas On "Blockbusters"

George Lucas talks about the term "Blockbuster".

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[quidnick]

he just calls speilburg by his first name 'steven.' They must be best buds hangin out in mos eisley cantina with a couple of drinks lol.

[GhostSnake]

Hes right, blockbusters exist since The Birth of a Nation

[flesheatingsnail]

there well be more movies in like 20plus years i think

[IINesasta]

Why does he always wear that ridiculous neck brace? ... oh that's his neck? ...oh

[nicolashrv]

He said blockbuster so many times, it kinda lost its meaning.

Same as with lightsabers in Star Wars.

[davycrocketful]

@ThePatrickFamilyBand hes the god of sci fi...

[ThePatrickFamilyBand]

@quidnick And they're both worth about $3 billion a piece ... literally. :)

[ThePatrickFamilyBand]

@davycrocketful Even if it's true. ;)

[davycrocketful]

its good lucas does not take credit for star wars being the first blockbuster movie..

hes a decent guy..

[Entropy56]

Gone With The Wind is the biggest movie of all time! Thanks for saying that George. Avatar and Titanic are not, but the media tries to sell new movies with that hype. That is marketing hype.

[peri2502]

@mrai2004 I think what makes the difference is that SW was the first great movie that created a cult following (to my knowledge at least). Star Wars was a phenomenom. I mean, nowadays we even have the "church of the Jedi"as an aknowledged religious oranization. Kind of scary if you consider that essentially it is nothing but a bunch of cosplayers. Ironically, Lucas is also, in part, responsible for the decline of said following.

[mrai2004]

i don't think that it was a case of Star wars starting "blockbuster" films

what i would say is that since then films get hyped a lot more. also before SW there was probably lot less film merchandise with every flm. Well that changed since star wars.