Heilemann

But JackLucas has a point though; there isn't a better time for this to see the light of day, grumpy Moth3r or no :)

They were probably promised the scoop before the release date of the Making of book was moved back to October.

I'll bet you most of the old book is in the new one.

Most excellent, thanks a lot.

But yeah, not too exciting, considering. I feel like I've seen most of those photos before, with one or two exceptions. But the script page is very cool; if only I could start to decipher it :)

You're going to love this.

As promised, pufnstuf's original DVD image.

Update: Fixed link.

I'll get a copy of the DVD up ASAP. Until then, the Vimeo video has been removed, which is why I made sure to have a copy on Viddler as well. At any time, I'll make sure my site will have a copy (unless I get a copyright takedown or some such of course).

I have put the interview online at Vimeo, from where you can also download a recompressed (250MB) version of the interview (which also contains 6.18.67 in its entirety), and I've written a lenghty entry about it on my blog to boot, enjoy.

Thanks again pufnstuf. 

Thanks Moth3r.

Thanks a lot puf, I'll get a shared version up asap.

Is myspleen down for others as well? I just see ads, as if they forgot to renew their domain.

Love that it's back. It's always wonderful to explore, and it's of course filled to the brim with pure awesome. Perhaps the pixel-font doesn't read too well against the star background though :) -- Also, I must admit,I still really wish it was pure HTML.

But very nice to see it back up there; I feared it had died.

Welcome back :) -- Good to hear that you're back on your feet.

skyjedi2005 said:

Except the words need not be spoken.

Pardon me, but I think all the words you spoke have been spoken and respoken and regurgitated and rehashed and... ugh...

Artists in the past and artists in the future will sell their quote "artist soul" to get rich and make a buck.

First of all, who is to be the judge of when somebody 'sells out'? You? Has everyone who has gone from not being rich to being rich sold out? What does it even mean to sell your 'artist soul'? What sort of an ideal do we have to live up to, to not disappoint you?

The guy who hated the entire corporate idea and ideal who refused to take over his fathers business because he didn't want to become like him became the corporation.  The little guy underdog artist who worked for a small personal system of making small films on your own terms outside hollywood became the new hollywood along with Spielberg. He eventually betrayed the very ideals he and Coppola had at Zoetrope in the 60's.

You mention that Lucas didn't want to become like his father, but you forget that he vowed to become a millionaire by thirty as well, so where does that leave your theory?

And while he may have 'betrayed' Coppola's ideals of a small independent film unit, those were Coppola's ideals, not Lucas's. And he most certainly hasn't betrayed the idea of the USC-like film making environment that he first pursued with the ranch and now the new project.

Besides, whatever ideas, thoughts and ideals a man has in his early twenties must undergo change as life progresses; holding Lucas to your idea of his ideals in his early twenties is the absurd. It sounds like you're busier feeling cheated out of a good prequel trilogy and mapping Lucas's life onto the structure of Star Wars than you are understanding that things change over time, and that you aren't entitled to anything just because you happened to like the original trilogy.

And, you of course gloss straight over the fact that Lucas is the most successful independent filmmaker in the history of the world, responsible for having rejuvinated the movie industry, the special effects industry, the sound industry and the theater experience in general. Oh, and he has poured who knows how much money into education.

Yeah, he's pure evil alright.

pufnstuf, you still out there?

It's from 1971, broadcast on KCET.

I'll happily host the file on my site.

SUPER interested. PM me if you want to send it by snail-mail; I'll pay postage and packing and what not.

I read the original PDF as well, and subsequently bought it when it came out. Definitely worth it.

It’s come to my attention that there exists a 1971 documentary produced by Los Angeles PBS channel KCET, presented by ‘critic and author’ Gene Youngblood called George Lucas: Maker of Films, in which Lucas reflects on THX 1138 and a little on American Grafitti. It’s referenced in The Cinema of George Lucas on page 47. DroidMaker also makes several references to it, which means it’s out there in some format.

I’d love to see it, but I’ve been unable to find any references to any copies floating around. Any ideas?

Awesome! Thanks Adywan.

Yeah, no pressure :)

Excellent. I would trade you something, but I'm not sure there's anything I have you don't.

I'm looking specifically for the 'Lost Cut' article, anyone have it?

I have this copy as well, but it's unfortunately not the full-length version, which is about an hour long.

Does anyone have good reference shots of the OT helmet(s)?