George Lucas talks STAR WARS, Coppola, gender/race + more from Cannes 2024

The director of THX-1138, AMERICAN GRAFFITI and a tiny film called STAR WARS is in town to receive his honourary Palme d'or, and he droped by for a rambling talk with a 1000 of his not-closest friends to regale with tales from the most successful indie filmmaker in history.

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00:00 Beginning
01:33 Being back at Cannes
02:51 Career beginnings
08:48 American Zoetrope
15:06 First Cannes experience
17:35 Why Lucas loves chase sequences and speed
21:26 The origin of Star Wars
26:28 The struggle to get American Graffiti released
32:17 How Star Wars got greenlight
33:47 The release of Star Wars
35:22 Distribution agreement, licensing and sequel rights
41:40 The importance of persistence
47:50 Star Wars going overbudget
50:42 Special Editions
56:18 John Williams's score
01:00:37 Apocalypse Now
01:03:04 Star Wars and Vietnam War
01:04:26 The Phantom Menace
01:06:20 Diversity in Star Wars
01:11:21 Empire Strikes Back and Disney Star Wars
01:13:12 Producing career
01:18:26 Working in San-Francisco
01:21:12 Independence from the studios

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