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zombie84
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"The People Vs. George Lucas" documentary...
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3-May-2010, 10:45 AM

Eh, as the reviewer says it does cater to fans. It's not something I would show my parents. But having said that, if you are a fan of the series it is something that is right up your alley, I suppose it helps that I saw it in a theatre of 800 Star Wars fans. The film isn't terribly "in depth" and philosophical (although I thought it had an appropriate balance), it's a comedy showing the absurdity and experience of Star Wars fans' relationship to the creator of the franchise over the decades, which is why it takes a chronological approach. A good comparison might be Trekkies. Topics of conversation are brought up, conflicting sides are presented, but for a lot of them there isn't some resolution because there can't be, it's just people's opinions and there are some wide disagreement even at that. I don't know, I'm not sure what people were expecting. The film uses footage from parodies in place of narrative footage and cutaways, which is quite extensive, and I thought this was part of what made the film so funny, so it's definitely not 90 minutes of talking heads. I would say it is true that a lot of people aren't introduced and aren't developed as characters aside from them recounting their various SW experiences, but only because that would be superfluous, I don't need to see cliched footage of Gary Kurtz and Dale Pollock walking around their gardens and taking their kids to school. I agree that there could have been more insight from professionals to perhaps frame the arguments of fans and admirers that are the focus--the film is already structured like this, they just could have featured them more. The filmmakers simply didn't want to--their interview of Dale Pollock went on for 4 hours, and even though Gary Kurtz has only a few lines in the film his interview was 90 minutes long. You start getting into the issue of covering too much, which I thought the film struggled with already. I look forward to see these interviews on the DVD though, which is what I am told is the plan right now.