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Steven Spielberg: [after watching an early cut of "Star Wars" with George Lucas and Brian DiPalma] George said, I think it's going to be a disaster. He was very depressed. We all went to a Chinese restaurant after the film was over and Brian stood up and started take a shry about "What's going on here? I don't understand this story? Who are these people? Whose the hairy guy? Where did they come from? Where's the context? Where's the backstory? It's driving me crazy." Brian went off on George. And George just sat there. He turned red. I think he wanted to kill him. But, out of all that something great came. Brian basically said, "You need like an old fashioned movie, to start the picture with a forward. And all these words come on the screen and they travel up the screen and the forward tells you what the hell you're lookin' at and why you're in the theater and what the mythology is. Tell us what this world is and then we can enjoy the picture." And that was the birth of the famous prologue
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George showed a bunch of us
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Star Wars for the first time
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and there were no effects in yet
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It was just World War II black and white stock footage
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intercut with blue screen production color footage
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and then showed that movie to us
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expecting us to be able to see the movie
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It was basically a children's film
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You know it wasn't what the other friends of mine
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would think of as something really worthwhile
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Steven was the one person who was really enthusiastic about it
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and said This is gonna be a huge smash
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But George said I think it's gonna be a disaster
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He was very depressed and we all went
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to a Chinese restaurant after the film was over
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and Brian stood up and started to geschrei about
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What's going on around here I don't understand the story
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Who are these people Who's the hairy guy
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Where do they come from Where's the context
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Where's the backstory It's driving me crazy
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Brian went off on George
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And George just sat there He turned red
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George I think wanted to kill him
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But out of all that something great came
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Brian basically said You need like an old fashioned movie
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to start the picture with a foreword
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and all these words come on the screen and they travel up
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and the foreword tells you what the hell you're looking at
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and why you're in the theater and what the mythology is
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Tell us what this world is
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and then we can enjoy the picture
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And that was the birth of the famous prologue
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Movie Summary
A documentary on Steven Spielberg, filmmaker. Includes interviews with relatives, film critics, peers and people who have worked with him.
