Baronlando said:
danny_boy said:
<span style=“font-style: italic;”>We did a lot of work but</span> <span style=“font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline;”>there is nothing that I would like to do more than go back and redo all the special effects,</span> <span style=“font-style: italic;”>have a little more time.</span>
I like when people try to equate a guy in 1977 wanting to re-do bad composites and rough motion control (and basically just pushing the movie to December like Close Encounters did) with what ended up ultimately happening in 97, as if it’s exactly the same.
George Lucas (March 6th 1978):
"I’m simply trying to become a free man. I’m trying to set up an alternative film making that allows me more freedom to do what I want, within certain parameters.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,915986,00.html
Mod Edit: a working link to the above Time article, dated Monday 6th March 1978, can be found here:-