Brian DePalma studied in New York, Lucas in California. When and how did they meet?
I have a sneaking suspicion that he met him through Supersnipe's owner, Edward Summer, who was friends with DePalma (and helping him on The Phantom of Paradise around 1974). Anyone have a contradicting story?
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They both met at Warner Bros according to this interview.
I'm pretty sure Brian DePalma is SuperShadow.
I have no sources.
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I heard that DePalma wrote the opening crawl of ANH. Did anyone else knew about this? Is it common knowledge here?
xhonzi said:
I'm pretty sure Brian DePalma is SuperShadow.
I have no sources.
According to Dale Pollock's SKYWALKING, it was DePalma and Jay Cocks who rewrote the opening crawl, with modifications by Lucas
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So I was right. I actually read that fact in the book Secret Lives of Filmmakers (something along that line). The book also said that Lucas was good at networking and Bergman was a nazi sympathizer.
Jay Cocks?
That must have been a rough childhood.
Lol! Yeah, his given name isn't any better...
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