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George Lucas Receives Honorary Palme d’Or From Francis Ford Coppola At Cannes Film Festival; Watch Rapturous Reception
Star Wars creator George Lucas was celebrated with an Honorary Palme d’Or at this evening’s Cannes Film Festival closing ceremony.
Said the festival, “From his very first feature, George Lucas staged the themes that are dear to him: science fiction to denounce a society of surveillance, using love to fight fate and conformity, and reversing moral values to challenge the role of good and evil.” The festival called the franchise “A visionary intergalactic odyssey that reinvented the codes of cinematic genres as part of the New Hollywood movement… Star Wars is nothing short of mythology, a study that has fascinated George Lucas since his university days, in the construction of characters and plots and the breadth of its cultural reach. This exceptional ambition, which initially frightened 20th Century Fox’s producers and led to a grueling post-production period, was nonetheless the recipe for unprecedented success: the film captivated the American crowds and became a worldwide socio-cultural phenomenon, which continues to this day.”
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