The People vs. George Lucas Page #4

special would be great.

They said:

"We will improve the special effects.

We will do great things

with the explosions. "

We also lie

about the characters.

Soften Wars ...

... To be a site

safer and silly.

In the seventies,

George did not escape these things...

... Because the assumed

from the action and fun.

But now, as a parent

or perhaps as a mature filmmaker...

... The looks and says:

"Go. It is very violent."

You can not do that.

Martin Scorsese makes The Departed .

He says, "You know, maybe...

Maybe you put fewer deaths in the end...

... Because I have a 8 year old son. "

Are you serious?

When the name of the series is

" Wars "...

Two things... it include...

Are the stars... a

and the other is wars.

Got it? Security will destroy us.

Red 2?

What are you doing?

He went from being a director

that made their way...

... Was a maverick,

and now, suddenly...

Think again... and I doubt...

To decide...

this was too violent.

But you can not condemn a man

already condemned to servitude...

Either... technology...

His tireless... or need

to touch up his art.

If da Vinci could travel

in time until today...

... And tell the world:

"The Mona Lisa was not your mouth.

Let me go and re-paint. "

Do not leave.

DANIEL M. KIMMEL

Film Critic, Author

It must be said:

"The work was finished.

It belongs to the times. "

If it is not broke, George...

Art is never finished. Is abandoned.

PAUL YATES:

Director of The Trial of Han Solo

However,

is abandoned and then shown.

And that, with its flaws, is

what affects people.

If Jackson Pollock later said:

"That's the mark of a boot...

... And I dropped the cigarette.

Let it off "...

Say... "No, smoking

is fundamental in the picture! "

He would say:
"No, I dropped the cigarette.

They thought that it was essential

in the table for 40 years. "

In the Middle Ages or the sixteenth century

or XVII, artists did.

ANTHONY SLIDE:

Film historian

Thanks to X-ray technology,

see what is behind the picture...

VINCENT VAN GOGH

"Patch of Grass" (1884-1885)

... and found

I had a painting something different.

In a way, the artists

have always changed his work.

Cinema is a product of its time

and their conditions.

All conditions

that existed in 1977...

... The economic,

time and everything else...

... Created the original film.

Film history is made

of thousands of movies...

That the directors had...

wanted to change, but did not.

Pierre Berthomieu

Film scholar and writer

And that's good.

It bothered me a lot to do this...

... Or,

it was a blatant disregard...

MARK A. ALTMAN

Writer / Producer Free Enterprise

The original release......

The movies...

we imported much...

... And also,

to the original filmmakers.

Luke may be the brain

behind the saga...

May have occurred... the story

and many of the characters...

... But everyone who participated

to make these films...

... gave some creative input.

They won an Oscar

for better special effects.

Some of these effects were replaced

enhancements created by digitally...

... if you want call them so.

I think that's disrespectful...

who worked...

in these models and those shots.

Is the version of Episode V ...

... Which won the Academy Award

for Best Editing?

I would say maybe not.

Sorry to have been in love

a half-finished film...

But I want it...

as I want it to be.

What matter to me ends...

... Is how will the DVD version...

Because that's...

what we all remember.

The other versions will disappear.

Even the 35 million tapes

this movie will not last more than 40 years.

George Lucas, "An Expanded Universe"...

American Cinematographer magazine ... ,

February 1997.

George Lucas tries to return

to write history.

It's like a Holocaust denier,

but he denies Wars .

It seems to say:
"It never existed.

Do not worry. "

It's horrible to say

someone who grew up loving something.

JEFF BOND:

Editor in chief of Geek Monthly

Once we saw

the original films...

As presented...

for the first time, in cinemas...

... And we recorded in the mind as well,

that's it.

It hurts, physically.

It's like putting you by force

memories of another person...

... Instead of yours.

SINGING IN THE RAIN

Digitally Remastered

and restored to widescreen...

... by the same George Lucas.

The public wants to see

the original versions...

... Who created the emotional impact.

The elimination of that choice...

... Is an insult to fans

George Lucas.

With all due respect to Mr. Lucas...

... Is not only his dream, his fantasy.

Joe Leydon

Film critic Variety

It is a universe

in which we all live now.

It's an interesting question:

Does the public right to material

their own culture?

I would say yes.

- I think once released...

- God!

Think about it. You're throwing material.

Is it yours or of others?

- I think it's shared.

- Yes

I want to make the analogy

the shirt that belongs to you...

... And Star Wars

is that shirt for George Lucas.

He owns that shirt.

And you can do whatever he wants with it.

- Now, what happens...

- But it is despicable.

You have to respect some

the fans.

Are the same people who bought

an empty cardboard box...

... Kenner in 1977.

It is irresponsible because you say:

"I created this bloody empire...

... In you all,

of those who got millions of dollars. "

And they pay you with, "I do not care."

At one level, this puts a burden

excess of any artist.

Who can stand the fact

that suddenly...

Everyone feels... owning your art?

Thanks to Lucas, the VHS is still alive.

ARMANDO Gasalla

Madrid, Spain

And I still have my recording

of the original film...

I have it saved...

to review from time to time...

... And view the original material.

This material provides laser disk...

... The best versions available...

... From the original films.

With these discs, fans

digital files created...

... And threw them on the Internet

to get off free.

Actually, this is illegal,

but from a moral point of view...

... Preserve our cultural heritage.

I started this site called

"Original Trilogy"...

... whose purpose was to provide...

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

a meeting...

for unhappy people.

And out came the idea of?the petition.

Within the first 24 hours,

get about 10,000 signatures.

And within the next few months...

Some 78,000... we

firms confirmed.

RESPONSE PUBLIC RELATIONS

Lucasfilm

This comes from the department

Public Relations for Lucasfilm.

"We expect to launch these films

'Original' in a bonus disc. "

"Original" appeared in quotes

by the way...

Like they really...

were not the originals.

It's something we invented.

The negatives of the films

were permanently altered...

For the creation...

Special Editions of...

Impressions... and existing

early versions deteriorated.

"As the films do not represent

George's artistic vision. "

We said they did not even exist.

Not even possible.

Why go back on the argument

artistic vision?

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