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post #31 of 40
2/2/12 at 7:40am
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So he's been contradicting himself for a long time.

So according to the person that I was originally replying to, the 1980's Lucas' feelings might be different from the man of today and I was saying that I don't see that based upon his actions prior to the oft-cited Congressional quote.
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post #32 of 40
2/2/12 at 7:45am
His words before congress clearly clash with his actions, then and now.

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post #33 of 40
2/2/12 at 7:52am
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His words before congress clearly clash with his actions, then and now.
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Based on his previous actions and the quote, it's obvious to me that he was saying that preserving film as the film maker intends (and not allowing the studio to make changes as they see fit) is what is important.
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post #34 of 40
2/2/12 at 8:45am
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Based on his previous actions and the quote, it's obvious to me that he was saying that preserving film as the film maker intends (and not allowing the studio to make changes as they see fit) is what is important.

"Preserving" seems to be the wrong word here. Lucas' actions suggest that filmmakers have carte blanche to alter their films in any way they see fit - including taking advantage of technologies that were not available to them when the films were originally made - even if those changes are detrimental to the actual "preservation" of the films.

But it seems such licence is only extended to the filmmakers themselves, and not to the studios or any other third party.
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post #35 of 40
2/2/12 at 10:34am
So as I said, Lucas is saying "when a studio fails to preserve history, it's evil, but the identical actions by me are good."

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post #36 of 40
2/2/12 at 12:49pm
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So as I said, Lucas is saying "when a studio fails to preserve history, it's evil, but the identical actions by me are good."

I know you're just ignoring the fact that Lucas feels that the filmmaker is allowed to better* their film any time they want and have that be the version that goes down in history but I'll say it again anyway.

* Yes, 'better' is certainly a subjective look at the situation but no one makes a change thinking it makes a movie worse.
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post #37 of 40
2/2/12 at 1:08pm

Essentially, Lucas is defending, say, Chaplin's right to change Chaplin's own films, rather than Lucas being able to change Chaplin's films. It's a consistent position, if a frustrating one to people who want original release versions available alongside later alternate versions, even when those alternate versions are made by the original artist(s).

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post #38 of 40
2/2/12 at 1:14pm
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I know you're just ignoring the fact that Lucas feels that the filmmaker is allowed to better* their film any time they want and have that be the version that goes down in history
I'm ignoring nothing. We're just phrasing it differently. Lucas says it's bad if the studios do it (ignore/make unavailable history) , but it's good if he does precisely the same thing, because he's "special".
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post #39 of 40
2/2/12 at 7:44pm
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What even remotely makes you think that he'd be in favor of letting a studio mess with another person's movie? Just because he can't stop messing with his own movies, I can't see him suddenly wanting to 'fix' the model airplane shot in Casablanca or smooth out King Kong's fur or colorizing those movies or wanting to see them converted to 3-D.

I don't think he would be in favor of it, I just don't see him going as far as he once did to protest colorization.
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post #40 of 40
2/2/12 at 8:02pm
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About 10 years before Lucas testified before Congress, he had changed and buried the theatrical cuts of THX-1138 and American Graffiti to what he wanted. Clearly, he didn't care about preserving the theatrical versions of those movies and he still spoke out in favor of film preservation.

There's an Italian dubbed version of THX that may have escaped him. It's noticeably different from the 1978 re-release.
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