The Star Wars director reinvigorated cinema with sheer storytelling panache – can he achieve the same for an art world obsessed with concept and abstraction?A long time ago,in a galaxy far, far away, or George Lucas was a gifted film director. The release of Star Wars in 1977 – long before we had to call it share IV or A New Hope was a seismic event in modern culture that abolished the dissimilarity between art and entertainment. Related: LA wins battle to host Star Wars creator George Lucas's $1bn museum George Lucas is right. Art has forgotten the power of current storytelling that was once its main reason to existContinue reading...
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