Rare original program for a NYC screening of short films by the winners of the 1968 National Student Film Festival, including several films by a young George Lucas, who won first prize in the drama category for his THX 1138.
Near fine.
Price: $750.00
"I've always wanted to make movies that were more experimental in nature."
Originally held at UCLA in January 1968, just months before this East Coast screening, the Third National Student Film Festival was in many ways the birth of the "New Hollywood," helping not only to launch the careers of George Lucas and John Milius, but also serving as the event where Lucas met his future friend and collaborator Steven Spielberg — who Lucas would later describe as "my partner, my pal, my inspiration, my challenger" (quoted in Jones 93). The meeting was equally as significant for Spielberg: "No longer were John Ford, Walt Disney, Frank Capra, Frederico Fellini, David Lean, Alfred Hitchcock [...] my role models. Rather, it was someone nearer my own age, someone I could actually get to know, compete with, draw inspiration from" (quoted in McBride 138).
This program, for the later April 1968 event held at The New School, includes mention of Lucas's STAR WARS precursor THX 1138, which took first prize in the drama category. Also on the program (right above Lucas) is filmmaker John Millus, Lucas's classmate who served as inspiration for the character of John Milner in AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973). An ephemeral early document from the career of one of our most successful and popular filmmakers, linking him to his more avant garde roots.
Read more: Child, "George Lucas Retiring to Make 'Hobby Movies,'" The Guardian; Jones, George Lucas: A Life; McBride, Steven Spielberg: A Biography.
[New York]: The New School, [1968]. 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original orange pictorial self wrappers featuring a cover image by Bob Bucknam (Dwan Gallery). Offset duplicated. [4] pages. Old, faint fold lengthwise through program.
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