I must admit I enjoy your Gary Kurtz rants, because I have as much respect for him as for that guy who wrote "The secret history of SW" - that is none. :)
Why thank you. :-)
By the by, one thing Kurtz Kultists, as I call them, don't want you to know is that in an interview given by Kurtz during the time he was SW's producer, he said, and I quote, that it was the duty of the producer to get the director what he wanted. That's a rather strange utterance from a guy we're supposed to think was a "gutsy, tough-talking no-man" as opposed to the "fawning, butt-kissing yes-men" we're supposed to think Lucas surrounds himself with now. And an observer who wrote an article around the same time said, "When Lucas talks, Kurtz listens."
So methinks that Mr. Kurtz, shall we say, misremembers what he actually did back then when he implies/says he was Lucas's "babysitter" who "forced him to care about quality."
Or, in less polite terms, he's a lying, opportunistic, self-serving asshat.
"The Secret History of 'Star Wars'". *snort* Its real (albeit much longer) title should be: "What The Know-It-All Loser Who Wrote This Waste Of Time Wishes Was The Secret History Of 'Star Wars,' So He Could Go On Blaming George Lucas For Destroying His So-Called Life."
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Why thank you. :-)
By the by, one thing Kurtz Kultists, as I call them, don't want you to know is that in an interview given by Kurtz during the time he was SW's producer, he said, and I quote, that it was the duty of the producer to get the director what he wanted. That's a rather strange utterance from a guy we're supposed to think was a "gutsy, tough-talking no-man" as opposed to the "fawning, butt-kissing yes-men" we're supposed to think Lucas surrounds himself with now. And an observer who wrote an article around the same time said, "When Lucas talks, Kurtz listens."
So methinks that Mr. Kurtz, shall we say, misremembers what he actually did back then when he implies/says he was Lucas's "babysitter" who "forced him to care about quality."
Or, in less polite terms, he's a lying, opportunistic, self-serving asshat.
"The Secret History of 'Star Wars'". *snort* Its real (albeit much longer) title should be: "What The Know-It-All Loser Who Wrote This Waste Of Time Wishes Was The Secret History Of 'Star Wars,' So He Could Go On Blaming George Lucas For Destroying His So-Called Life."