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January 8, 2014 8:20 AM Subscribe
Freiheit the first, student, film of one George Lucas (staring Randal Kleiser, who later went on to direct Grease) (slyt)
The Wikipedia page for Freiheit links descriptions of his prior two films: Look at Life (on YouTube), and Herbie (on YouTube), and here's a narrative of his early film work, in the Google books preview of Skywalking: the Life and Films of George Lucas by Dale Pollock.
posted by filthy light thief at 8:39 AM on January 8, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by filthy light thief at 8:39 AM on January 8, 2014 [1 favorite]
Success really ruined George Lucas.
posted by entropicamericana at 8:57 AM on January 8, 2014
posted by entropicamericana at 8:57 AM on January 8, 2014
The East Germans shot first!
posted by mazola at 9:26 AM on January 8, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by mazola at 9:26 AM on January 8, 2014 [1 favorite]
Dearest MeFi, we get it already... Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones stunk. Yeah, so did Howard the Duck. Still, no need to shit all over this post.
Back on topic, it's a blast to watch Lucas' student films and see how he continued to develop the same ideas and fascinations in later work. The best example is probably The Emperor and how it connects with American Graffiti.
In Herbie, which he did before Freiheit (but in 405), you can see his fascination with lights, reflection, cars, car culture, etc.
Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town shows some of his early love of landscapes and slapstick comedy, both of which translated pretty heavily into later stuff.
Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 43B has that same "escape" theme, which he kind of dropped. But the connection between this short and Star Wars is fascinating. It's probably my favorite short he did.
posted by Old Man McKay at 10:29 AM on January 8, 2014 [6 favorites]
Back on topic, it's a blast to watch Lucas' student films and see how he continued to develop the same ideas and fascinations in later work. The best example is probably The Emperor and how it connects with American Graffiti.
In Herbie, which he did before Freiheit (but in 405), you can see his fascination with lights, reflection, cars, car culture, etc.
Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town shows some of his early love of landscapes and slapstick comedy, both of which translated pretty heavily into later stuff.
Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 43B has that same "escape" theme, which he kind of dropped. But the connection between this short and Star Wars is fascinating. It's probably my favorite short he did.
posted by Old Man McKay at 10:29 AM on January 8, 2014 [6 favorites]
George Lucas is responsible for several great movies that made me happy and enriched my childhood. My gratitude for that is incentive enough to charitably overlook some things that are best forgotten.
posted by justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow at 10:33 AM on January 8, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow at 10:33 AM on January 8, 2014 [1 favorite]
Lucas made the Prequels; Tolkien didn't have enough strong females; neither was particularly good with nuances in the "good-vs-evil" spectrum. But I have to remind myself I love certain things they made and that there's nothing wrong with me simply enjoying myself.
posted by grubi at 10:41 AM on January 8, 2014
posted by grubi at 10:41 AM on January 8, 2014
It's weird how serious and sincere this is. THX-1138 is pretty grim too. They both come off as sort of pretentious, I'm glad Lucas found his way to making fun escapist films.
posted by Nelson at 2:42 PM on January 8, 2014
posted by Nelson at 2:42 PM on January 8, 2014
It's perfect. :)
posted by George Lucas at 9:04 PM on January 8, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by George Lucas at 9:04 PM on January 8, 2014 [1 favorite]
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posted by MythMaker at 8:28 AM on January 8, 2014