lmao, another 'interview'.
didnt he already say he was retiring earlier this year?
[sigh] if he still has the final word on what gets published for home video, then this doesn't really mean anything as far as the OOT goes.
his relentlessness in spouting off the whole 'Im really an art house filmmaker' is truly astounding. what is it now - 40 years?
and did i read that quote right? he wants to make experimental movies...but not show them!? um..ok, why tell us this? last I checked, all artists create works with the intention of communicating to an audience...any audience.
i dunno - i'd be curious - Criterion markets many 'art house' movies, right? If one were to get a list of all the directors that has a criterion label, I'd be really interested in seeing how many of them gave interviews like this over a 40 year period and went on and on about how they are 'art filmmakers' or they make 'art movies'. I dont think i've ever really heard another filmmaker talk this way. I know of plenty of true independent filmmakers that introduce themselves by talking about what their values are and what approach they take..but then they usually move on and discuss...well, you know, the movies. lucas, of course, cannot do this.
Give him credit for this - he knows the importance of branding and how the power of images, talking points, propaganda and unrelenting repitition builds a brand. Why bother making art-movies when all you have to do is talk about it for 40 years to get sycophants and apologists to believe you. No different then 10 years ago when he was pounding home the whole 'im a visual filmmaker' - never mind the fact that all filmmakers are 'visual', thats why they have this thing called cameras.
I wonder if he's ever had an 'interview' where he's guiding some dumbass media stenographer around skywalker ranch and he's had the audacity to say "you know, I have a ton of money, but really deep down im a working-class, blue-collar kinda guy"