George Lucas: 'I'm a Cynic Who Has Hope for the Human Race'
ollowing are excerpts from several wide-ranging conversations between the director George Lucas and the writer Orville Schell that took place recently at Mr. Lucas's house in San Rafael, Calif., and nearby at his Skywalker Ranch.
ORVILLE SCHELL. In your films you deal with very futuristic subjects, yet clearly part of you is firmly rooted back in the past.
GEORGE LUCAS. I'm basically a Victorian person. I love Victorian artifacts. I love to collect art. I love sculpture. I love all kinds of old things. But I would say that the primary word for me is romantic. I like the esthetics of the Victorian age and things that are homey and kind of Midwestern -- a very warm, fuzzy kind of reality.
LUCAS. In terms of stories, I think the word suggests a humanist perspective on things -- an emotional point of view. That's really the primary focus of everything I do.
