IIRC he said they had greater freedom in what they could make because they weren’t pushed to produce as much profit as possible like he was, even if they needed to steer clear of censors. It makes a lot of sense, he is from the era where the soviet filmmakers were putting out some excellent films. And obv because capitalism kills art.
Wasn’t Lucas also the directer who said that even soviet filmmakers had more freedom of expression than he did?
IIRC he said they had greater freedom in what they could make because they weren’t pushed to produce as much profit as possible like he was, even if they needed to steer clear of censors. It makes a lot of sense, he is from the era where the soviet filmmakers were putting out some excellent films. And obv because capitalism kills art.