A general rule of Hollywood is not to use your own money on your films. I won¹t speak to the rest of it. But one doesn¹t build a business empire by being profligate.
On 2/29/12 4:34 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > In a message dated 2/29/2012 10:24:05 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: >> George Lucas was a big admirer of Arthur Lipsett since his days at USC >> citing him as an influence yet when he made millions in 1977 he did not >> offer one penny to him. Lipsett died destitute some ten years larter. That >> is Hollywood to you. > > Coppola used to say that Lucas was always incredibly cheap. He'd never spend > his own money on films, nor would he try to use his personal contacts to get > deals for a production he was involved in, if they ever needed it. > > Schmuck. And his post-75 films look it, too. He's an artistic failure for > sure. Space operas are his legacy? How sad. > > And btw, whatever happened to that desire of his (a la Vanity Fair) to grow > again as an artist, to recover some of his old steam from the late 60s? > > Imagine having that much money and then doing nothing with it. > > > _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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