Francis Ford Coppola, director of The Godfather, believes George Lucas wasted too much of his filmmaking career on Star Wars for the past 20-30 years.
He calls it a pity because George Lucas's strength (as a writer and director) was making more experimental films.
Source: Entertainment Weekly
He calls it a pity because George Lucas's strength (as a writer and director) was making more experimental films.
In a new interview with Screen Daily, however, Coppola expressed his regret that Lucas got essentially sidetracked by the Star Wars phenomenon.
“I think Star Wars, it’s a pity, because George Lucas was a very experimental crazy guy and he got lost in this big production (Star Wars) and never got out of it,” Coppola said.
In addition to THX, Coppola produced Lucas’s first blockbuster, American Graffiti, and the two collaborated on the story that eventually became Apocalypse Now, among other films. Lucas went on to direct the first Star Wars in 1977 and had supervised the franchise until recently selling Lucasfilm to Disney.
“I still hope that he made so much money out of it that he will just make some little movies,” Coppola said. “He promises me that he will.”
Source: Entertainment Weekly