Filmmaker (film)

Filmmaker, or Filmmaker a diary by george lucas, is aminute documentary made in 1968 by George Lucas about the making of Francis Ford Coppolas The Rain People.

The budget of the documentary was 12,000. Lucas filmed and recorded sound for the documentary himself, using an otherwise unutilised 16mm production camera and a Nagra tape recorder. Mona Skager, an associate on Rain People, often saw Lucas on the floor, shooting up through glasstopped tables. It was basically because the camera was too heavy, she recalled. Ron Colby, producer on The Rain People, described Lucass work habits George was around in a very quiet way. Youd look around and suddenly thered be George in a corner with his camera. Hed just kind of drift around. But he shot the camera, did his own sound. He was very much a oneman band. Lucas would spend nearly every day shooting the documentary, while working on the script for THX 1138 at night.Coppola was tolerant of the documentarys production process, although occasionally appeared unhappy when the camera invaded his privacy. Lucas filmed some confrontations between Coppola and actress Shirley Knight, but ultimately rejected most of the footage. I decided to be discreet, I didnt want to destroy anyones career, Lucas said later. ........

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