The Mythology of George

It is interesting to see how we associate the characteristics of the movies George Lucas makes to his own personality. I think to an extent this is true to some movie makers. This is because a lot of movie makers influence their works by their own life experiences and their characteristics. In the case of George Lucas, we would think that he a scientific technological junkie because of the technology and the images we see in Star Wars. Star Wars is filled with spacey images, technology beyond our own, and digital effects that amaze us. However, as we read in the article, this is not true. George was just a normal high school student who was into fixing cars and racing them. He was more into editing and writing rather than effects and visuals. He learned these things throughout his college career, but they were not his main passion in movie making. I think if we see the variety of the types of movies that George has made in general, we should get a more general idea of what kind of movie maker he is. Indiana Jones, Apocalypse Now, and American Graffiti are three totally different types of genres that Lucas has made. All three were made by the same person, but they all have very different atmospheres to them. Star Wars by itself should not be used to describe George's movie making characteristics.