Steven Spielberg: A Life in FilmsA film-centric portrait of the extraordinarily gifted movie director whose decades-long influence on American popular culture is unprecedented Everything about me is in my films, Steven Spielberg has said. Taking this as a key to understanding the hugely successful moviemaker, Molly Haskell explores the full range of Spielberg s works for the light they shine upon the man himself. Through such powerhouse hits as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., Jurassic Park, and Indiana Jones, to lesser-known masterworks like A.I. and Empire of the Sun, to the haunting Schindler s List, Haskell shows how Spielberg s uniquely evocative filmmaking and story-telling reveal the many ways in which his life, work, and times are entwined. Organizing chapters around specific films, the distinguished critic discusses how Spielberg s childhood in non-Jewish suburbs, his parents traumatic divorce, his return to Judaism upon his son s birth, and other events echo in his work. She offers a brilliant portrait of the extraordinary director a fearful boy living through his imagination who grew into a man whose openness, generosity of spirit, and creativity have enchanted audiences for more than 40 years. |
Contents
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4 The Kid with the Briefcase | 36 |
5 Jaws Open Wide | 57 |
6 Close Encounters of the Third Kind | 68 |
7 1941 and Raiders of the Lost Ark | 80 |
8 ET Poltergeist and Twilight Zone | 91 |
12 Schindlers List Jurassic Park and the Shoah Foundation | 138 |
Jurassic Park | 157 |
14 Saving Private Ryan and AI | 163 |
15 Minority Report and Catch Me If You Can | 176 |
16 The Terminal War of the Worlds and Munich | 186 |
17 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull The Adventures of Tintin and War Horse | 194 |
18 Lincoln and Bridge of Spies | 198 |
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