Wright said:
I still think he's been a great contributor to the industry overall. He just seemed to get stuck at a certain point and unable to move on. Kind of like George Lucas, who had the potential to become one of the greatest movie directors/producers ever, but he had to get obsessed with Star Wars and never managed to move past that, Indiana Jones and American Graffiti aside. |
I know this is veering off topic, but I can't resist the opportunity to talk Star Wars 
I'd argue that Lucas lost his way not because of an obsession with Star Wars, but because he became lazy and greedy. In the 1970s, Lucas was a guerrilla filmmaker, a maverick who rebelled against the studio system in Hollywood. He filmed on location, he got his hands dirty. During the prequel trilogy he sat in a chair all day, looking at monitors. That's not how you inspire actors, and that's not how you discover interesting framing and composition. It pains me to say this, but I think Lucas wanted to make a boatload of money is the shortest, easiest way possible.
