05-23-2006, 07:47 PM
Part of the strength of the Wizard of Oz is that it starts in B&W and switches to Colour when she reaches Oz. It was a brilliant use of a narrative tool. The only modern similarity that comes to mind is Galaxy Quest when the screen goes from a 4:3 aspect ratio to 16:9 when the captain sees outerspace for the first time.
As for Lucas swiping from Kurosawa I do believe that the ideas probably bubbled around in his head for a long time along with a host of other influences. The story is enough different from Hidden Fortress that I can believe there wasn't any intentional plagiarism but the similarities are strong enough that it most certainly had heavy influence on Lucas.
If we want to talk about plagiarism then I'm happy to point my finger at The Lion King... but that's not what this thread is about....
As for Lucas swiping from Kurosawa I do believe that the ideas probably bubbled around in his head for a long time along with a host of other influences. The story is enough different from Hidden Fortress that I can believe there wasn't any intentional plagiarism but the similarities are strong enough that it most certainly had heavy influence on Lucas.
If we want to talk about plagiarism then I'm happy to point my finger at The Lion King... but that's not what this thread is about....
Gullible isn't in the dictionary.