Yeah...and it's interesting how Kurtz only came forward with his version of history AFTER the backlash against TPM had started. Opportunistic, like I said. Lucas has shown remarkable tolerance for Kurtz's diarrhea of the mouth and insulting accusations, even allowing him to speak on the "Empire of Dreams" documentary when the OT DVD set came out.
According to Kurtz, Lucas chose Richard Marquand to direct ROTJ because he wanted a "lapdog," because he'd been so frustrated with Kersh refusing to do it his way on the set of ESB. First of all, how would Kurtz even know Lucas's reasons for choosing Marquand? He wasn't involved in the process of choosing a director for ROTJ! He'd stopped being Lucas's producer by then! Bedwetters "prove" that he must have been involved with the process of choosing a director by posting photographs Kurtz took on the set of ROTJ. Uh...yeah. I'm not seeing the connection.
Second of all, Lucas ALLOWED Kersh a great deal of creative freedom in making ESB...Kersh was quite grateful for it, 20 years later, in an interview with SW Insider. The amount, and severity, of disagreements between Kersh and Lucas while ESB was being filmed have been grossly exaggerated.
Third of all, Lucas asked Kersh back to direct ROTJ, and Kersh said no. When I told this to a bedwetter who was babbling about how ESB was great because Kersh, and Kurtz, kept Lucas out of it as much as possible, the bedwetter got around it by saying, "Well, Kersh probably said no because he knew Kurtz was no longer the producer and wouldn't be protecting him from Lucas." Wait, I thought Kurtz was on the set of ROTJ, which proves...I'm not sure what. Oh, never mind. In any case, the reason Kersh gave for not directing ROTJ was because the shoot for ESB had been very stressful, and he felt that directing one SW movie in a lifetime was plenty.
Fourth of all, Lucas went on to allow Marquand a great deal of creative freedom in making ROTJ, as he had Kersh in making ESB. And finally, Lucas's reasons for choosing Marquand were a mix of needing to get a director attached to the project so it could go forward; he wasn't going to helm it because the shoot for ANH nearly killed him, and since SW was not guild, he had a small pool of directors to choose from. He offered it to David Lynch, who turned him down. Steven Spielberg was unable to do it because he was guild. Lucas had met Marquand a year or so before...he wasn't guild, plus Lucas was impressed with his knowledge of SW lore. So he chose Marquand.
I would be very flattered if you made a Kurtz icon with my quote. :-) Your icons are great.
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Date: 2010-06-16 01:40 am (UTC)According to Kurtz, Lucas chose Richard Marquand to direct ROTJ because he wanted a "lapdog," because he'd been so frustrated with Kersh refusing to do it his way on the set of ESB. First of all, how would Kurtz even know Lucas's reasons for choosing Marquand? He wasn't involved in the process of choosing a director for ROTJ! He'd stopped being Lucas's producer by then! Bedwetters "prove" that he must have been involved with the process of choosing a director by posting photographs Kurtz took on the set of ROTJ. Uh...yeah. I'm not seeing the connection.
Second of all, Lucas ALLOWED Kersh a great deal of creative freedom in making ESB...Kersh was quite grateful for it, 20 years later, in an interview with SW Insider. The amount, and severity, of disagreements between Kersh and Lucas while ESB was being filmed have been grossly exaggerated.
Third of all, Lucas asked Kersh back to direct ROTJ, and Kersh said no. When I told this to a bedwetter who was babbling about how ESB was great because Kersh, and Kurtz, kept Lucas out of it as much as possible, the bedwetter got around it by saying, "Well, Kersh probably said no because he knew Kurtz was no longer the producer and wouldn't be protecting him from Lucas." Wait, I thought Kurtz was on the set of ROTJ, which proves...I'm not sure what. Oh, never mind. In any case, the reason Kersh gave for not directing ROTJ was because the shoot for ESB had been very stressful, and he felt that directing one SW movie in a lifetime was plenty.
Fourth of all, Lucas went on to allow Marquand a great deal of creative freedom in making ROTJ, as he had Kersh in making ESB. And finally, Lucas's reasons for choosing Marquand were a mix of needing to get a director attached to the project so it could go forward; he wasn't going to helm it because the shoot for ANH nearly killed him, and since SW was not guild, he had a small pool of directors to choose from. He offered it to David Lynch, who turned him down. Steven Spielberg was unable to do it because he was guild. Lucas had met Marquand a year or so before...he wasn't guild, plus Lucas was impressed with his knowledge of SW lore. So he chose Marquand.
I would be very flattered if you made a Kurtz icon with my quote. :-) Your icons are great.