A 1971 interview with George Lucas, in which the Star Wars creator talks about being a toymaker who makes films, has surfaced. He talks about studio interference over THX-1138 and confesses he’s a toymaker who makes films.
He talks a lot about his friendship with Francis Ford Coppola and their partnership to make THX-1138, and their fights with Warners over final cut on THX. And he unveils a deep-seated resentment: “Somebody who has the money, or as a result of the money, has the ability to make decisions that are out of their area. Becuase they have the power, because they have the money, they can make aesthetic, directorial, writing decisions, which they really have no business making. But in this country, the dollar is above the individual. A man’s brain, a man’s experience, a man’s talent is below the dollar. The man with the dollar is the final say.”
