The Power Of Cinema And Myth: Selected Quotations From George Lucas.

7 Comments | Posted: July 20th, 2009 | Filed under: Video | Tags:

“With Star Wars I consciously set about to re-create myths and the classic mythological motifs. I wanted to use those motifs to deal with issues that exist today.”1

“I see Star Wars as taking all the issues that religion represents and trying to distill them down into a more modern and easily accessible construct–that there is a greater mystery out there.”1

“I’ve discovered that most critics themselves are cinematically illiterate. They don’t really know much about movies. They don’t know the history. They don’t know the technology. They don’t know anything. So for them to try to analyze it, they’re lost.”2

“The area I’m interested in now is to go do some form-experimenting—to try and figure out different ways of telling movies. I grew up in the Godard, Fellini world and all that. To me that’s where my heart is.”3

1From a Time interview with Bill Moyers.
2From an interview with The Academy Of Achievement.
3From a Time interview with Richard Corliss.

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7 Comments on “The Power Of Cinema And Myth: Selected Quotations From George Lucas.”

  1. 1 Ken Lowery said at 1:24 pm on July 20th, 2009:

    No one’s asking the important question, which is: are the two host characters canon?

  2. 2 gwen said at 3:07 pm on July 20th, 2009:

    I’m still asleep, aren’t I.

  3. 3 Jeff said at 3:30 pm on July 20th, 2009:

    “I really liked The Hidden Fortress, and I wondered how much cooler it could be if I set it in space and made those two dudes robots instead. The answer is ‘a lot cooler, George.’ Joseph Cam-who?”

  4. 4 Tim O'Neil said at 6:39 pm on July 20th, 2009:

    He’s always said he’d go off and do some art films once Star Wars was done.

    . . .

    I shouldn’t hold my breath, should I?

  5. 5 Jon H said at 9:34 am on July 21st, 2009:

    “With Star Wars I consciously set about to re-create myths and the classic mythological motifs. I wanted to use those motifs to deal with issues that exist today. Oh! And also outmoded, offensive racial stereotypes. Those too.”

  6. 6 Bully said at 11:09 pm on July 21st, 2009:

    Ulysses threw his spear first.

  7. 7 Shane said at 11:30 pm on August 31st, 2009:

    I think I enjoyed that more than the movies.

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