Herbie is a short 16mm black and white movie by George Lucas and Paul Golding made in 1966 as part of their USC film school course. It is an abstract film with no story and no actors that depicts the reflections of moving light streaks and light flashes from traffic at night. It is set to a piece of jazz music the filmmakers misattributed to Herbie Hancock, whose first name was used for the title.[1] The actual piece of music is “Basin Street Blues,” performed by the Miles Davis Quintet, and led by Hancock’s predecessor Victor Feldman.[2]

Herbie
Directed byGeorge Lucas
Paul Golding
Written byGeorge Lucas
Paul Golding
CinematographyGeorge Lucas
Paul Golding
Edited byGeorge Lucas
Paul Golding
Music byHerbie Hancock
Distributed byUniversity of Southern California
Release date
  • 1966 (1966)
Running time
3 minutes
CountryUnited States

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References

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  1. ^ Fensch, Thomas, Films on the Campus, A.S. Barnes & Co, New York, 1970, ISBN 0-498-07428-5.
  2. ^ Jones, Brian Jay (2016). George Lucas: a life (First ed.). New York: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0-316-25744-2. OCLC 946216508.
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