On a test audience screening of ''THX 1138
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It was insane, I wish I had filmed it. It was like bringing an audience to the Mona Lisa and asking, 'Do you know why she is smiling?' 'Sorry Leonardo, you'll have to make some changes.' At least the audience understood that THX was not a love story set in the 25th-century, which was the way Warners had planned to advertise it. Instead, the company settled for 'Visit the future, where love is the ultimate crime.'
— George Lucas
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Source: Wikiquote: "George Lucas" (Quotes, 1970s, Interview with Judy Stone (1971): Interview with Judy Stone in The San Francisco Chronicle (23 May 1971), later published in Eye on the World : Conversations with International Filmmakers (1997), and George Lucas: Interviews (1999) edited by Sally Kline )
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About George Lucas
George Walton Lucas Jr. (born 14 May 1944) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and entrepreneur, most famous for the Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogies.
About George Lucas
George Walton Lucas Jr. (born 14 May 1944) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and entrepreneur, most famous for the Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogies.
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