>>9O. Nechay, “Splendor and poverty of“ mass culture ”, 1984
“As for art, it is not in these tapes, nor in others. J. Lucas essentially transferred the western, the gangster genre and the horror film to the galactic spaces ... It is indicative of how the “dream factory” skillfully hides its propaganda goals under the guise of the entertainment of fantastic action movies. A Soviet journalist, Y. Komov, describes the commotion that has caused the appearance of the article “Space Robber” in the newspaper “Soviet Russia” about the latest Hollywood action movies. Newspapers, television and radio stations indignantly commented on this article. They did not like the fact that the Soviet publication revealed the ideological background of cosmic fiction. In fact, in the Soviet press it was directly stated that American cinema teaches viewers on the material of wars in space to the permissibility of a real war (both on earth and in space). This implies that for the United States these wars will remain without consequences ...
Indicative of the evolution of J. Lucas. Starting as a master of psychologically accurate observations of young people of the 50s (American Graffiti, 1973), creating Star Wars (1977), he openly turned to commercial products, to operate a threatening galactic show. It is clear that where big business says, there art is silent. <...> The director obviously hoped that one could combine the dollar and art. This idea naturally failed. ”