8.09.2004
Hilarious hypocrisy: George Lucas against digitally modifying old films
MSNBC - Stooges DVD revives colorization debate
From "MSNBC - Stooges DVD revives colorization debate"
"“Star Wars” creator George Lucas, who testified with Steven Spielberg before Congress in the 1980s against colorization and other forms of alteration, said the process yanks such slapstick performers as the Stooges out of the black-and-white universe they belong in.
“Would color distract from their comedy and make it not as funny anymore?” Lucas said. “Maybe just the fact that they’re in black and white makes it funny, because their humor is dated. But by putting it in black and white, it puts it in a context where you can appreciate it for what it was.
“But you try to make it in full living color and try to compare it to a Jim Carrey movie, then it’s hard for young people to understand. Because you’re then thinking you’re comparing apples to apples, when you’re not. You’re comparing apples to oranges. I’m saying it’s not fair to the artist.”"
And this from the man who will rake in millions this fall when he releases the twice-retouched Star Wars trillogy on DVD for the first time.
They're his movies. He can do what he wants with them. Why give two poops about what another studio does with films they own?
From "MSNBC - Stooges DVD revives colorization debate"
"“Star Wars” creator George Lucas, who testified with Steven Spielberg before Congress in the 1980s against colorization and other forms of alteration, said the process yanks such slapstick performers as the Stooges out of the black-and-white universe they belong in.
“Would color distract from their comedy and make it not as funny anymore?” Lucas said. “Maybe just the fact that they’re in black and white makes it funny, because their humor is dated. But by putting it in black and white, it puts it in a context where you can appreciate it for what it was.
“But you try to make it in full living color and try to compare it to a Jim Carrey movie, then it’s hard for young people to understand. Because you’re then thinking you’re comparing apples to apples, when you’re not. You’re comparing apples to oranges. I’m saying it’s not fair to the artist.”"
And this from the man who will rake in millions this fall when he releases the twice-retouched Star Wars trillogy on DVD for the first time.
They're his movies. He can do what he wants with them. Why give two poops about what another studio does with films they own?
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