Além das estrelas: o cinema pré-Star Wars de George Lucas

Abstract

This master dissertation has the objective of analyzing, through the prism of the theory of “Director-as-Author” (according to Jacques Aumont and Michel Marie, in A Análise do Filme, 2009), the first features films from North-American director George Lucas, THX 1138 (1971) and American Graffiti (1973). Both films were produced during the New Hollywood, period preceding the premiere of Star Wars (1977). This study discusses how this phenomenal success ended the authorial intentions of Lucas and transformed him from a promising “author” into a powerful film producer. It is expected that this study shed some light on the controversial career of such popular director, redeeming his contribution, in his more authorial phase, to the North-American movie industry beyond the visual and sound effects that are inevitably coupled up to his name.