I've discovered that most critics themselves are cinematically illiterate. They don't really know much about movies. They don't … - George Lucas

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George Lucas

I've discovered that most critics themselves are cinematically illiterate. They don't really know much about movies. They don't know the history. They don't know the technology. They don't know anything. So for them to try to analyze it, they're lost.

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