I dunno, that was a pretty impressive movie in a lot of ways. :-D Oh god, I forgot about the "E.T." debacle. So shameful.
And you know, Lucas is another one of those dudes who gives the impression, to me anyway, of being totally all up on himself and not really working with or accepting outside influences. That's been a bit of a hobby-horse for me lately, since I think that Lang's partnership with von Harbou made their work particularly fabulous, and in the music field, I really admire how Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan work together as a songwriting team. It revitalized his work when they started doing that.
Yeah, when imposition is involved, rather than a voluntary give-and-take, that's when I begin to get worried about whether the original artistic vision is better. But then again I wish someone had imposed on Lucas and kept him from re-working his earlier stuff. Bleah.
That's the thing about the humanities, it's all nothing in the end. :-D
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Date: 2009-05-06 04:06 pm (UTC)And you know, Lucas is another one of those dudes who gives the impression, to me anyway, of being totally all up on himself and not really working with or accepting outside influences. That's been a bit of a hobby-horse for me lately, since I think that Lang's partnership with von Harbou made their work particularly fabulous, and in the music field, I really admire how Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan work together as a songwriting team. It revitalized his work when they started doing that.
Yeah, when imposition is involved, rather than a voluntary give-and-take, that's when I begin to get worried about whether the original artistic vision is better. But then again I wish someone had imposed on Lucas and kept him from re-working his earlier stuff. Bleah.
That's the thing about the humanities, it's all nothing in the end. :-D