George Lucas talks STAR WARS, Coppola, gender/race + more from Cannes 2024

The director of THX-1138, AMERICAN GRAFFITI and a tiny film called STAR WARS is in town to receive his honourary Palme d'or, and he droped by for a rambling talk with a 1000 of his not-closest friends to regale with tales from the most successful indie filmmaker in history. SUBSCRIBE to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/thatshelf?sub... 00:00 Beginning 01:33 Being back at Cannes 02:51 Career beginnings 08:48 American Zoetrope 15:06 First Cannes experience 17:35 Why Lucas loves chase sequences and speed 21:26 The origin of Star Wars 26:28 The struggle to get American Graffiti released 32:17 How Star Wars got greenlight 33:47 The release of Star Wars 35:22 Distribution agreement, licensing and sequel rights 41:40 The importance of persistence 47:50 Star Wars going overbudget 50:42 Special Editions 56:18 John Williams's score 01:00:37 Apocalypse Now 01:03:04 Star Wars and Vietnam War 01:04:26 The Phantom Menace 01:06:20 Diversity in Star Wars 01:11:21 Empire Strikes Back and Disney Star Wars 01:13:12 Producing career 01:18:26 Working in San-Francisco 01:21:12 Independence from the studios Twitter:   / thatshelf   Instagram:   / thatshelf   https://letterboxd.com/ThatShelf/ Facebook:   / thatshelf   Official Site: http://thatshelf.com TOC thanks to @Roxton-zy3t