| Look at Life | |
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 The opening image ofLook at Life | |
| Directed by | George Lucas |
| Written by | George Lucas |
| Cinematography | George Lucas |
| Edited by | George Lucas |
| Distributed by | University of Southern California |
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Running time | 1 minute |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Look at Life is a 1965 one-minute[1] short student film byGeorge Lucas, produced for a course inanimation while Lucas was a film student atUSC Film School.[2] The film's running time of exactly one minute was required by the course. This was the first film made by George Lucas,[3] and was heavily influenced by Canadian filmmakerArthur Lipsett.[4]
The film is a montage of various iconic photographs focusing mostly on common themes from youth culture in the 1960s, with a frenetic percussion soundtrack taken from the filmBlack Orpheus. The imagery includes photographs ofMartin Luther King Jr.,Nikita Khrushchev, American race riots, theKu Klux Klan, Buddhist monks,beaglepuppies and bodies of dead soldiers. The only narration in the film is a man's voice yelling the text of Proverbs 10:12, "Hate stirreth up strife, while love covereth all sins." The film ends with written text: "ANYONE FOR SURVIVAL", followed by "End" and "?".
The film is included in the documentaryA Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope,[5] which was released on the DVD and Blu-ray releases of Lucas' first feature film,THX 1138.