The wait is almost over for the film which lets “Star Wars” fans say what they really feel about George Lucas.
“The People vs. George Lucas” will have its world premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas next month.
The movie, which includes video testimonials from “Star Wars” fans, will be part of the festival’s Spotlight premiere section.
“It’s the ideal platform for our launch, as the festival brings together indie films, music and interactive in a unique way that very much reflects the participatory nature of our doc,” said “George Lucas” director Alexandre O. Philippe in a statement.
“George created this humongous and intricate sandbox for us to play in; but is he the sole owner of it, or does it now belong to the ages? And what happens to your role as a creator when your audience claims it owns your art? We basically looked at the conflicted dynamic between George and his fans from a cultural perspective, and asked ourselves those questions.”
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I remember learning of this quite some time ago.
Dismissible as Fanboy whining except that its question of when (not if) cultural milestones transfer from creator to public actually is a good talking point.
IMO, Lucas still owns his content – at least until he expires and enters the Force.
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I suspect studios will be lining up to remake/reboot the franchise once Lucas passes … unless he can control the space saga from the grave.
I’m less concerned with my opinion on the fellow and more about how the Star Wars phenomenon’s cultural momentum can be used to push points of view. As the final Star Wars movie was released, US Governmental bodies pushed for more restrictions to internet usage. (just this month they’ve continued their lobbying to force ISPs to record 2 years of people’s destinations: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10448060-38.html?tag=newsLeadStoriesArea.1) But in 2005, because of the Revenge of the Sith leak, the FBI/ICE through recently installed Congressional legislature and a newly installed Assistant Attorney General was able to jail and fine several US citizens. A year later George himself would be in Congress pushing for Free Unlimited internet access to all schools and libraries. Also in the time frame of the release of Sith, George’s company cease and desisted an individual who reused the Revenge of the Sith trailer to have 133t subtitles. A few years later that same company allowed Star Wars Uncut to have the entire first Star Wars movie available on the website. Yes things are changing quickly, and many of these decisions might still make sense.
If your curious, there is a video mixtape documenting the recorded perception of the Star Wars phenomenon at the time of Revenge of the Sith, which will have it’s five year anniversary this May.
http://www.noneinc.com/tBSWM/tBSWM_Video.html
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Isn’t the biggest issue here the fact that there have been five absolutely laughably horrible sequels to the original film? Each sequel worse than the previous? A long, slow death spiral of marketing genius, enticing audiences into the theater on the promise that these can’t keep getting worse forEVER? But they do? One after the other? Rehashing the same storyline over and over with more brainless scripts, characters and acting in direct inverse proportion to the improvement in special effects? At this point the cartoon series on TV is written better and packs more emotion than the films! Star Wars fans deserve every cringing disappointment Lucas dishes up to them. He’s a freaking GENIUS!