George Lucas
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odn't understand George lucas. I just don't and it hurts because I think he' so talented.
You know, in THX1138 he paints a very grim picture of the powers the be in the future, abusing power. If you've seen the film, one of the most powerfull scenes is of 1138 being prodded by 3 lifeless drones (police) so as to contain him. The room is stark white giving you a feeling of vertigo- there is no up down left or right.
It's obvious that lucas is against what has happened to humanity or at least that's how it comes across. At this time he was a flegling student.
Throughout his StarWars films Lucas has always shown a distaste for the "empire" or the soul-less rullers who keep power through fear, war and destruction. Our good guys were always the rebels, or those who fought rellentlessly and againt odds to bring the universe back to a fair and truly free place.
Now Lucas himself is such a strange creature to me, because his franchise stands for everything empire... in fact, through merchandising and the such it has itself become a small empire, ultimately harvesting riches for a larger one in which we live.
I just don't get it. But the movies themselves I feel are great. I also find the inspiration (Joseph Campbell) quite interesting.
such irony.