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A related idea is George lucas's dis-satisfaction with his own work. He spent so long working on it he can see where he fell short of what he wanted to do and how it's held together with duct tape and glue.

He has a low opinion of his own movies. When I know the tradeoffs I make to get the project finished, I come to similar feeling.

When I'm working just for my own pleasure/hobby, sometimes any old thing will work to make me feel good about it, even when it's not great.



But when you've made something, you see every flaw, every wart, and every little thing that wasn't quite what you were aiming for.

Nobody else sees any of that, because nobody else knows what you were aiming for. It's the curse of creating things.


I also have a low opinion of most of his movies and find that in reworking them, he has overworked them. My favorite remains THX-1138. Just bare bones and mostly quiet performances.




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