Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town (film) explained

Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town^[1]
Director:	George Lucas
Based On:	Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town by E. E. Cummings
Starring:	John Strawbridge Nancy Yates Lance Larson
Cinematography:	Rick Robertson
Editing:	Paul Golding
Music:	Lynton B. Eckhart
Distributor:	University of Southern California
Runtime:	6 minutes
Language:	English

Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town (stylized as anyone lived in a pretty [how] town) is a 1967 short film made by George Lucas inspired by E. E. Cummings' poem of the same name.

It was one of two films Lucas made after returning to USC's film school as a graduate in 1967 (the other was The Emperor).^[2] The film represented a first for the USC film school by being shot in color and widescreen.

The film was shown out of competition in the Special Screening section at the Short Shorts Film Festival EXPO 2005.^[3]

Premise

The film focuses on the life cycle of a townspeople, and a photographer who takes pictures of one ignored young couple.

See also

• List of American films of 1967

Notes and References

1. Web site: anyone lived in a pretty (how) town at the USC School of Cinema-Television. University of Southern California. 2012-09-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20060813073438/http://cinema-tv.usc.edu/Archives/lucas/anyone.html. August 13, 2006.
2. Pollock, Dale, Skywalking: The Life and Films of George Lucas, Harmony Books, New York, 1983, .
3. http://www.shortshorts.org/EXPO2005/special_s_en.html "Short Shorts Film Festival EXPO 2005"