LUCAS, George (George Lucas)

LUCAS (Lucas), George (p. 14. 05. 1944), American film director, producer, screenwriter.
He graduated from the University of Southern California kinofakultet. Over the short film 'TNX-1138' was awarded the main prize of the National Student Film Festival (1967). Was an assistant F. F. Coppola on the tape 'The Rain People' and took two documentary films about the process of filmmaking. Spielberg and Lucas call themselves 'moviebrats' - 'kinootrodem'. Both multi - modest, shy people who dress from a supermarket, are deprived of traditional ambitions kinoelity and better feel in the cinema than on a secular party. In his understanding of cinema too, like the appointment of. But the most important is that they have initiated the process, revolutionized Hollywood's submission that there is a modern cinema, but their work has stimulated the entry of American commercial cinema in the era of postmodernism. The first feature film by Lucas 'TNX 1138' (1971), produced by Coppola for $ 750 000 and based on the student's short film of the same name, did not bring financial success, although he was well received by critics. This kinoantiutopiya in the spirit of Zamyatin and Huxley-Orwell, . well thought up and filmed with a minimum of special effects, . but with the maximum of the author's imagination, . that gives rise to many critics, . irritable multi-million dollar budgets of his subsequent work as a producer, . consider 'THX 1138' best.,

. 'American Graffiti' (American Graffiti, 1973) - one of the first paintings in the retro style, where as the irretrievable past appear not 30-50's, but the beginning of the 60-ies
. One American critic called the film 'fresco of a time of innocence'. Being removed again with Coppola and for only $ 750 000, he became one of the Champions 70-ies box office. It's almost autobiographical picture. Lucas admitted that the features of his personality show through in the characters of three young heroes, and only with a calm and confident in the young class of elder Lucas has nothing to do. Background of the film is full of rock hits of the time, sounded nostalgic in the context of a completely new. This method later became almost compulsory in ribbons of 50-60-ies. In the picture to act on principle feature of the style of Lucas: the idealization of reality, the attitude towards her as a fairy tale, in this case lost. But a movie that is what exists, to reconstruct, revive the tale. And why resort to fiction (though fundamental rethinking), was perfectly natural.

. His next (and most famous) movie 'Star Wars' (Star Wars, . 1977) - a sort of classic Hollywood cinema era of postmodern, . redesigned and upgraded electronically (through 20 years himself before Lucas re-release once again improves the effects of modern technology) is an American comic book mythology,
. And yet the magic world with his Manichaeanism - the division into black and white, the two warring empires, impeccably positive and carrying absolute evil. Can not be discounted and patriotism tape, . chronologically almost coincided with the neo-conservative Reagan Revolution, . openly use the concepts of 'evil empire' and 'Star Wars' as a name space defense system in its promotional rhetoric.,

. Along with other events of the season 1976-1977 - exit Spielberg movie "Close Encounters of the third kind ', . appearance on store shelves the first consumer VCRs, . and assembly in the garage Wozniak and Jobs' personal computer 'Apple', . picture of 'Star Wars' herald the beginning of entry into independent living generation of 'baby boomers', . born at the end or immediately after the war.,

. In the future, Lucas chose to act as a producer, . screenwriter, . Head of productions - 'The Empire Strikes Back' (The Empire Strikes Back, . 1980), . 'Seekers of the Lost Ark' (Raiders Of The Lost Ark, . 1981), . 'Return Gedeh' (Return Of The Jedi, . 1983), . 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of rock' (Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom, . 1984), . 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade' (Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade, . 1989),
. Addition to the main company, Lucas Film ', he organized a company' Industrial Light and Magic ', specializing in visual effects, as well as scientific research institute' Sproket Systems'. But after great success at the box office in 1997 the newly released film 'Star Wars' and its two sequels Lucas announced, . that finally realizes the long-held dream and relieve himself in 1998-2003, three missed the series - the background to the entire space trilogy.,

. FILMOGRAPHY:
. 1965 FREIHEIT director, screenwriter
. 1965 LOOK AT LIFE director
. 1966 1:42:08: A MAN AND HIS CAR director, screenwriter
. 1966 HERBIE director
. 1967 6-18-67 director
. 1967 ANYONE LIVED IN A PRETTY HOW TOWN director, screenwriter
. 1967 THE EMPEROR director
. 1967 MARCELLO, I'M SO BORED editor
. 1968 THE ELECTRONIC LABYRINTH: THX-1138: 4EB director, screenwriter
. 1969 Rain People / THE RAIN PEOPLE Director paintings
. 1970 GIMME SHELTER operator
. 1971 THX-1138 Director, plot, editor
. 1973 American Graffiti / AMERICAN GRAFFITI director, screenwriter
. 1977 STAR WARS / STAR WARS director, screenwriter
. 1979 MORE AMERICAN GRAFFITI EXECUTIVE PRODUCER-on images
. 1980 The Empire Strikes Back / THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK executive producer, story
. 1980 KAGEMUSHA / KAGEMUSHA (THE SHADOW WARRIOR) soispolnitelny producer
. 1981 Body Heat / BODY HEAT director
. 1981 FINDER Lost Ark / RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK executive producer, co-author of the plot
. 1983 Gedeh BACK / RETURN OF THE JEDI executive producer, story
. 1983 TWICE UPON A TIME Executive Producer
. 1984 BERUCHET DIT LA BOULIE Executive
. 1984 INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF ROCK / INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM plot
. 1985 MISHIMA Executive Producer
. 1985 RETURN TO OZ Assistant
. 1986 CAPTAIN EO Executive Producer
. 1986 HOWARD THE DUCK Executive Producer
. 1986 LABYRINTH / LABYRINTH Executive Producer
. 1988 THE LAND BEFORE TIME Executive Producer
. 1988 POWAQQATSI soispolnitelny producer
. 1988 TUCKER: THE MAN AND HIS DREAM Executive Producer
. 1988 WILLOW executive producer, story
. 1989 INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE / INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE executive producer, co-author of the plot
. 1992 THE MAGICAL WORLD OF CHUCK JONES
. 1994 Beverly Hills Cop III / BEVERLY HILLS COP III Executive
. 1994 RADIOLAND MURDERS executive producer, story
. Prize name Ervinga G
. Tцєllberg for 1991