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The Lucas Effect: George Lucas and the New Hollywood

Patti J. McCarthy

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Summary

Patti J. McCarthy studies George Lucas’s creative and entrepreneurial work together. The book considers film style, industry practice, franchise development and the businesses surrounding production, including effects and sound. It argues that evaluating films only as individual works misses their wider economic and cultural setting. The checked Teneo Press edition was published in 2014.

  • SourceThe Lucas Effect: George Lucas and the New Hollywood — source record · Description: study joins creative work, business practices, franchise, ancillary businesses, ownership and film criticism; author/title header.
  • SourceWhittier College — author biography · Patti McCarthy biography names her book and related Lucas documentaries.
  • SourceFinna — national film archive edition · Teneo Press 2014; ISBN 9781934844670; based on USC 2004 thesis.

Why read it Our view

Use this study to connect product design, ownership, supporting services and audience experience. Its argument provides a way to ask how a creative work becomes part of a wider business; assess its historical claims critically.

Written about

  • George LucasCentral subject
    A sustained study of Lucas’s business and creative influence. Strong publisher claims that he was first in several fields are not repeated as verified facts.
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