Newsletter Star Wars à propos des interviews du DVD Bonus...
"When documentary filmmaker and producer Kevin Burns began tackling the gargantuan task of interviewing over 40 actors, special effects experts, editors, journalists, friends and George Lucas himself for the 2 1/2-hour Star Wars Trilogy DVD documentary Empire of Dreams, he wanted to give fans more than the typical rehashed back story.
"I really cringe when someone says that Empire of Dreams is merely a 'making of' documentary," Burns says. "Even with all the shows ('Backstory,' 'Biography,' etc.) that I've done in the last 10 years through my company at Fox, I really try not to do a typical 'making of' documentary. I'm not interested in how many reels of films were shot on Day 13. I'm concerned with the human story behind the making of a film. And what agony and struggle and curve balls people have to deal with in order to go through the process of making a film. That to me is what's interesting."
He wasn't alone in his thinking. One of the main reasons Burns was able to secure hard-to-come by interviews with such heavyweights as Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher had to do with his unique vision behind the documentary.
"Those are the people who have spent 27 years answering the same 40 questions and have been hounded to death about the films," Burns says. "They weren't hostile... they were simply weary and wary of being involved in another Star Wars retrospective." Burns and Hamill had known each other for quite sometime before he was set to interview the actor about his legendary role as Luke Skywalker, however during their friendship, the Force wasn't exactly a topic of casual conversation.
"We had been friends for 16 years, but in the time I've known him we had never sat down and asked him about Star Wars," Burns admits. "So it was really odd to sit there with my friend for three hours and conduct a huge cathartic kind of therapy session with him. It turned out to be a great interview."
Another reluctant interview involved an actor who's character not only spans the original trilogy, but all three prequels as well.
"Anthony Daniels didn't want to do the interviews until he spoke to me about his concerns," Burns recalls. "Daniels had said, 'I don't know you and you don't know me, but I want to tell you right now - I will not do this interview if I'm asked yet again, 'What was it like to be C-3PO' or 'How did it feel to be in Star Wars?' So please don't ask me something so inane. I hope to have a level of discourse at a higher intellectual plane than that.' And for that I immediately had respect for him."
A&E will air a special 90-minute version of Empire of Dreams throughout the month, including this Sunday. Check local listings for times. The full 2 1/2-hour version can only be found on the Star Wars Trilogy DVD set. For more information on Empire of Dreams and the Star Wars Trilogy DVD, visit starwars.com. "
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