06-25-2010, 04:04 PM
Attended the West Premiere of the new documentary, The People Vs. George Lucas as part of the LA Film Festival. (It has already played at several film festivals in Europe).
It is a very good film, funny and droll in equal measure and surprisingly insightful. The film covers all the major points -- Luke's paternity, whiny Anakin, Han shooting first, Greedo's poor marksmanship, the abundance of gack (toys, pillow cases, lunch boxes, etc.) the refusal of Lucas to release onto DVD the original theatrical release in favor of his "Special Editions," the hype for Episode 1 Phantom Menace along with the resulting disappointment, and of course -- the JarJar Binks controversy. They even touch upon the Indy 4 film.
Culled from over 600 hours of material into a manageable 92 minutes, the film is composed of interviews, news clips and, most interesting, fan films, some of which are truly inspired.
For me though, the icing on the cake was seeing a brief shot of my grandson playing with his Star War action figures along with seeing his name in the credits. It is only a few seconds, but it made the screening all the more exciting for us.
If you are a fan, or hate Jar Jar, or feel Lucas has meddled with your childhood by "enhancing" his films, you might want to seek this documentary out. At the screening the director announced that they had at last secured a distributor so it should make it into theatres at some point and of course it will have a life on DVD.
Highly Recommended.
:wink:
Narukami
It is a very good film, funny and droll in equal measure and surprisingly insightful. The film covers all the major points -- Luke's paternity, whiny Anakin, Han shooting first, Greedo's poor marksmanship, the abundance of gack (toys, pillow cases, lunch boxes, etc.) the refusal of Lucas to release onto DVD the original theatrical release in favor of his "Special Editions," the hype for Episode 1 Phantom Menace along with the resulting disappointment, and of course -- the JarJar Binks controversy. They even touch upon the Indy 4 film.
Culled from over 600 hours of material into a manageable 92 minutes, the film is composed of interviews, news clips and, most interesting, fan films, some of which are truly inspired.
For me though, the icing on the cake was seeing a brief shot of my grandson playing with his Star War action figures along with seeing his name in the credits. It is only a few seconds, but it made the screening all the more exciting for us.
If you are a fan, or hate Jar Jar, or feel Lucas has meddled with your childhood by "enhancing" his films, you might want to seek this documentary out. At the screening the director announced that they had at last secured a distributor so it should make it into theatres at some point and of course it will have a life on DVD.
Highly Recommended.
:wink:
Narukami
David Reinke
Burbank CA
Burbank CA
