George Lucas put his foot down and paved the way for a bright future. Hollywood is filled with stories about overzealous producers changing movies to make them "better" and actually destroying the vision of the writers and directors. We often hear about the losing side, but it's nice to uncover the story of a winner. Especially when that winner is George Lucas. See, with a simple win on THX-1138, he was able to solidify himself as a voice in science fiction and go on to create Star Wars. This story comes from Inverse and takes us all the way back to 1971. Lucas had just finished his work on THX-1138 and was proud of the dystopian science fiction film. But the producers felt very different. This left Lucas in a bit of a conundrum. He had listened to and rejected many of the studio’s suggestions to improve the film. But problems were mounting. The studio was asking them to move scenes with the shell-dwelling characters from the end of the film to the beginning to excite the audience. Lucas did not agree. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Friday, 12 March, 2021