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Anyone eager to know the man behind the George Lucas persona need look no further than this book, as Brian Jay Jones has penned yet another powerful biography of someone who was able to wiggle his way into the daily lexicon of those who understand the basics of pop culture. To finance them, he masterminded a revolutionary redrawing of the financial agreements under which films were produced in Hollywood, snatching away control of funding, intellectual content and the distribution of profits from studios, and placing them in the hands of the film-makers themselves.
Yet Lucas remains (like Stanley Kubrick, the subject of John Baxter’s recent biography) an enigma and a recluse.
It is now one of the most adored-and successful-movie franchises of all time. His sale of Lucasfilms to Disney turned him a massive profit, but also ensured that the Star Wars films would receive their stardom in perpetuity.
For this reason, I refuse to watch any version of Star Wars other than the original release or the 1981 rerelease (that said 'A New Hope', big deal). One wonders what kind of 'small, personal' filmmaker contrives to remove the human element (actors are human beings, don't forget) from the filmmaking process entirely.
If Star Wars wasn't game-changing enough, Lucas went on to create another blockbuster series with Indiana Jones, and he completely transformed the world of special effects and the way movies sound.
Jones mentions that he may have finally come out of his shell enough to allow a second person to share his passion, while not choosing moviemaking as his sole mistress. An ever-growing collection of others appears at:
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Harrison Ford's sons are called Benjamin and Willard (I think).
There's nothing about studying a course on Ethology (maybe there is, briefly, I read this three weeks ago and memory fades). Jones offers a comprehensive look into the man’s life and a great deal of behind the scenes to exemplify why the reader ought to take note of what Lucas did and the impact he had on others.
With the success of his movies, Lucas chose to step away from the limelight, though did not want his legacy buried. Or rather, I see the machine as an extension of man, man expresses himslef through the machine. Here's a thing - there's a General Willard in Star Wars. He penned many a proposal and turned out a blockbuster hit in American Graffiti, though it was anything but guaranteed.
A symbiosis.
What's striking is that in spite of George's cliched insistence that he is interested in 'small, personal films' he set in motion processes which would result in the destruction of cinema. In this thoroughly explored piece, Jones tackles the life and times of George Lucas, who was the man behind the lens of many iconic films, most notably six of the Star Wars saga and Indiana Jones, that iconic hero.
I did take a great deal away from this book and hope to learn more about the man, as Jones has paved the way and offered a few interesting pathways worth following. My wishful thinking had George and Francis engaged in long discussionsabout film, culture, mythology. Also, the machine comes to stand for neglected human processes.
Now, the author of the bestselling biography Jim Henson delivers a long-awaited, revelatory look into the life and times of the man who created Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Indiana Jones.