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I learned this concept from George Lucas when I was a child. Star Wars Budget: $13M Return of the Jedi Budget: $32M I'm not joking when I say that juxtaposit
by davidmathers 16y ago
I learned this concept from George Lucas when I was a child.
Star Wars Budget: $13M
Return of the Jedi Budget: $32M
I'm not joking when I say that juxtaposition influenced the way I think about life.
Now the idea almost seems like a trivial commonplace to me. Everyone from John Paul Sartre to David Heinemeier Hansson has written about it.
- jonburs 16y agoAre those figures adjusted for inflation?
- NickPollard 16y agoI doubt that 6 years (1977 - 1983) is long enough for inflation to have altered the ratio much.
- jonburs 16y agoInflation during that time period was one of the highest on record for the US -- see ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/cpi/cpiai.txt. CPI June 1977: 60.7 $13 million CPI June 1983: 99.5 $21.3 million
- deadmansshoes 16y agoBut the best film of the trilogy was Empire Strikes Back - at $25M.
- davidmathers 16y agoNo, $18M according to imdb.