Being a kid from divorced parents, Steven Spielberg struggled for many years with extreme fears. The theme of fear of abandonment (divorce) and the theme of being destroyed by an evil other (bullies at school) can be recognized in many of his movies, especially in his early work: Duel, Jaws, ET and Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Lots of other directors and actors in this documentary praise Steven Spielberg's vision HOW something should look on the silver screen, but the funny thing is that Spielberg himself confesses that he is incredibly insecure on set, every single time till this very day. He basically admits that he still doesnt know what he is doing, until the very last minute. Only at the exact moment of creation, the juices start flowing visually for Spielberg.
This is a nice portrait about Spielberg's long career, becoming a bit too much self praising and sentimental though towards the end, but hey, that's a characteristic all of Spielberg's movies have got in common: there has to be a sugar coated happy ending.
It's funny that Spielberg is the most popular movie director on this planet, with hundreds of millions of movie goers watching his movies, yet this documentary about him has only gotten 17 reviews up until now. I would advice anybody to especially watch his earliest movies: Duel, Jaws, Close Encounters, ET, all those early magnificent classics will guaranteed make your jaw drop down by amazement and lift your heart up skywards from joy, because of the sheer brilliance of these early Spielberg classics. What a playful, genius talent he was in his younger days! I must admit though that his later work, (from the 90s till now), is often (not always; "Saving Private Ryan") lacking in the same kind of exuberant powerful spirit his early work (70s and 80s) did have...
Lots of other directors and actors in this documentary praise Steven Spielberg's vision HOW something should look on the silver screen, but the funny thing is that Spielberg himself confesses that he is incredibly insecure on set, every single time till this very day. He basically admits that he still doesnt know what he is doing, until the very last minute. Only at the exact moment of creation, the juices start flowing visually for Spielberg.
This is a nice portrait about Spielberg's long career, becoming a bit too much self praising and sentimental though towards the end, but hey, that's a characteristic all of Spielberg's movies have got in common: there has to be a sugar coated happy ending.
It's funny that Spielberg is the most popular movie director on this planet, with hundreds of millions of movie goers watching his movies, yet this documentary about him has only gotten 17 reviews up until now. I would advice anybody to especially watch his earliest movies: Duel, Jaws, Close Encounters, ET, all those early magnificent classics will guaranteed make your jaw drop down by amazement and lift your heart up skywards from joy, because of the sheer brilliance of these early Spielberg classics. What a playful, genius talent he was in his younger days! I must admit though that his later work, (from the 90s till now), is often (not always; "Saving Private Ryan") lacking in the same kind of exuberant powerful spirit his early work (70s and 80s) did have...