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“It’s so hard to get movies made, and in these big movies that get made — and it’s even starting to happen with the little ones, which is what’s really freaking me out — decisions are being made by committees, and art does not do well when it’s made by committee,” she added. “Films are made by a filmmaker and a team of artists around them. You cannot make art based on numbers and algorithms. My feeling has been for a long time that audiences are extremely smart, and executives have started to believe that they’re not. Audiences will always be able to sniff out bullshit. Even if films start to be made with AI, humans aren’t going to fucking want to see those.”

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 93 points 8 months ago (2 children)

The best known opposite example is Star Wars (A New Hope). When George Lucas screened it for Spielberg, Spielberg didn't know how to tell George how terrible it was without ruining their friendship. George gave his steaming pile of shit to his wife and she and her editing partner literally built the classic we know today from it. George learned his lesson and gave Empire to someone else to direct and his wife to edit.

[–] CaptainEffort@sh.itjust.works 41 points 8 months ago (2 children)

George is the most overrated director of all time.

[–] FreeFacts@sopuli.xyz 26 points 8 months ago (1 children)

One hit wonder as a director. And that hit is American Graffiti, not Star Wars.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

I don’t disagree but THX1138 is pretty alright too

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago

He's an ideas man, maybe one of the best ever. Ideas are important for a director, but execution is arguably more important, which requires the ability to listen to others

[–] Igloojoe@lemm.ee 27 points 8 months ago

After seeing what Disney did to Star Wars, George Lucas at least produced something decent with the prequels.