George Lucas On American Zoetrope & How THX-1138 Got Made 

It's interviews like this that remind me why I respect this man so much

A damn shame. THX 1138 is an underrated, dystopian gem. Not for all tastes, but, beautifully filmed and executed.

THX 138 is also the tag number of Milner's 32 yellow coupe in American Graffiti :) cool

I remember watching you, in a San Fran park shaving a girls hair. A girl watching made a statement "I would never shave my head". Your comment was "You wouldn't shave your head to be a star?" A few year later I seen the show THX1138. It really cought my imagination, and memories of that day. Later in life I realized I was watching a great person who brought joy, and more excitment to millions.

That can be said of almost anyone in Hollywood, though moreso for some than others. Despite the bashings he's been taking and his recent missteps, I still hold Lucas in high regard. When one looks back over everything he did during the creation of his original Star Wars trilogy, it's quite staggering.

George Lucas is a true filmmaking genius, seriously : No gratuitous violence, sex or profanity in his movies yet he packs them in solid. It takes true talent to pull something like that off. How I wish Lucas had done Avatar...Jim Cameron beat him to the punch.

THX 1138 was ahead of its time! The Zoetrope documentary is outstanding as well!

Lucas has been a pioneer in pushing forward the digital era:thanks to him we can make films on our computers filmed by digital cameras.He was working on nonlinear editing and digital cameras back in the 80's.One thing is that he overused digital effects without the right balance in story with the new trilogy,and the other thing is that he totally deserve recognition to change moviemaking to make it available to everybody with a true passion for telling an story.Before,that was studios power only

A little known fact is that George was one of the cameramen at the Rolling Stones free concert at Altamont in Dec. 69. He may have even been the one who caught the fatal stabbing on camera.

he won the national student film festival award but got shut down.

THX-1138 was awesome.

I respect Lucas, but his career is bitter-sweet. Whenever he makes a film in the spirit of American Zoetrope, it tends to come out far more avant-garde then projects like "The Crystal Skull" I admire Coppola, and Lucas' ability to pen scripts where they could make stars. IE: Hopper,Dreyfus,Ford, the list goes on and on. I wish there was more of an emphasis on helping young film-makers produce original low budget films while cultivating talent.

and has redlettermedia made a movie?

Georges is great, i agree, But Coppola was his master, and his friend too. So, thank you Coppola, your old student is now a big man in the world of movie.

Probably shut down because it was detailing their future vision of the world. Mindlock.....

The King Of Sci-Fi

I am fond of the public image of George Lucas. Frankly, I am watching a lot of B movies about Space made before his work. Space films fell into 2 categories... Documentaries or celluloid devoid of any science or plot ! Even Peter Bogdonavitch did a re-edit and additional scenes for a Roger Corman project based on the Russian film footage 'Planeta Burr'. Kubrick 2001 was good, but no adrenaline. Using better tech and the action serial style was an evolution, not a revival. Thanks George.

1000% right!

So they studio didn't like it? That's hilarious. And Lucas went on and made some of the best fims in the world. Boy did they ever screw that one up!!!

It's like there are two Georges: The one who cares about art, and seems like a nice guy, And the one who ruins his old movies, and doesn't release the originals. What a facinating individual...

1138 backwards is 8311. "Endor" is found in Psalm 83:11 of any Jewish Publication Society (JPS) Edition of the Bible.

Lucasfilm-owned THX 1138

@Chrisdrumz His camera jammed after only a minute or two of filming, and he ended up with no usable footage. It wouldn't have been him.

@MoltenPlastic by far

what happened next?

Non tutti conoscono l'inglese.. sottotitoli no???

I like midgets. Helped love ROTJ and the prequels

thx 1138 is an extremely creepy movie

Suits with money will steal your soul if you let them. George didn't let them. And he made a fortune anyway.

RedLetterMedia's reviews are a bunch of manipulative, fallacious nonsense mixed with distraction and factual innacuracies. The prequel hatred bandwagon is based on emotion's, not facts.

You mean the overall sense of overusing special effects? The fact how actors in his late efforts act, is very down the path actors accomplished so far. We all know it is a balance between believable, non-believable. Lucas his latter affairs are in a lot of ways not believable. Starwars was. THX was believable.

Nope because that's not the occupation he is in. He is an internet critic. That is his choice in profession.

No the stories weren't just as good. Watch RedLetterMedia's review of the prequels. He breaks the movies down and shows us that they are riddled with plot holes and poor writing.