# The 1994 movie George Lucas couldn’t stand for one reason: “I think that’s a tragedy”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-1994-movie-george-lucas-couldnt-stand-for-one-reason-i-think-thats-a-tragedy/
- Published: 2026-11-14T00:30:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-14T01:23:00+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/1994-movie-george-lucas-couldnt-stand-one-reason/

## Key points

- Lucas criticised Hollywood’s $100 million *True Lies* budget.
- He said studios should make more films like *Forrest Gump*.
- The article argues his warning about blockbuster dominance was prescient.

## Summary

George Lucas criticised Hollywood’s growing preference for expensive blockbusters, using James Cameron’s *True Lies* as an example. He argued that studios were less willing to fund smaller, artistically daring films, and said it was a tragedy that they favoured *True Lies* over *Forrest Gump*.

Released in 1994, *True Lies* was the first film in Hollywood history to cost $100 million, roughly $227 million in today’s money, according to the article. Lucas said making it for half the price could have allowed a studio to make another *Forrest Gump*. The article notes that Lucas may have been influenced by the failure of his own film *Radioland Murders* and his friendship with *Forrest Gump* director Robert Zemeckis, while arguing that his concern about blockbuster dominance proved prescient.

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