Watch George Lucas and Robert Redford's Sundance Panel

I thought this year's Sundance Film Festival was pretty good. As I look back on it, there were some really good movies this year, and I hope that one day you will be able to see them. Many of them should be released throughout the next year or so. The festival concluded with a panel featuring George Lucas and Robert Redford. During the panel they talk about all kinds of things, ranging from the state of Hollywood to Star Wars. It's a pretty good hour and a half in-depth discussion worth checking out if you are a fan of these two talents. One of the more amusing statements came from Lucas when he says:

"A lot of movies you see today are circus movies. Let’s see how much blood comes out when he splats. It's now gotten to be more and more circus than substance. I get blamed for a lot of that. If you go into Star Wars and see what’s going on there, there’s a lot more substance than circus.”

It's funny hearing that from Lucas. I can agree that there is more substance than circus in the original Star Wars trilogy, but not for the prequels.

Kicking off Art of Film Weekend, a program celebrating the craft of filmmaking, join Robert Redford and George Lucas-two iconic filmmakers who epitomize the spirit of independence in American cinema-in conversation with critic Leonard Maltin.

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