The team at Star Wars News Net bring us a fascinating interview with former Lucasbooks supremo Jonathan Rinzler. Covering a wide range of topics, Rinzler had some illuminating things to reveal about George Lucas.
“One of the first things George said to me when I interviewed him on Episode III was, ‘You know, I’m not a director, I’m not a film director.’ I was thinking ‘What? What is he talking about?’. He says, ‘Steven Spielberg, he’s a director. He says put the camera here, lay down the dolly track, and so on. I’m out there collecting footage.’ He’s collecting material, which he then works on in the editing room. For him, the whole process is very painful, up until he gets to editorial…I think that’s the part, relatively speaking, he enjoys the most.”
“How he sort of spearheaded the sort of transfiguration from celluloid film to digital so he could seamlessly integrate visual effects shots into the live action shots. I mean, that’s huge. Every single film made today benefits from the fact that he bankrolled that stuff.”
