With this movie Steven Spielberg became the 1st (and only to this day) movie director ever to direct 3 movies that were at 1 point the highest-grossing movie in the world (the others being Jaws and E.T.) and the 1st to direct 2 consecutive ones (the other being E.T.)

Spielberg is a huge fan of the ‘54 Godzilla and ‘33 King Kong. That said, I imagine GMO specifically struck a chord because Spielberg’s father was a fighter pilot in WWII on the Pacific Front, in fact, many of Steven’s earliest “films” before breaking into Hollywood and ideas for films as a kid were centred around that conflict.

Dec 20, 2023 · Steven Spielberg is almost universally considered to be one of the greatest directors of all time. If we go decade by decade we can divide his career into six phases. The 1970s where in the first half Spielberg was just breaking into the industry and finding his voice.

In fact, that's probably why Stephen Spielberg cast me as Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List. I said, 'Stephen, I make lists all the time'. And he said, 'That's exactly what I'm looking for.'" -Liam Neeson

Steven Spielberg’s influence on cinema is near impossible to defeat. Just the sheer variety of films he had made, from blockbusters like Jaws and Raiders of the Lost Ark, heartwarming family friendly films like ET: The Extra Terrestrial, and war time …

Steven Spielberg and his screenwriter David Koepp know exactly how to build tension, when to let the audience breathe, and how to deploy comic relief. The real stars are the dinosaurs , of course, but the human characters, called „serviceable“ by contemporary critics, are actually all …

Duel (1971) is the first feature film (if you count Firelight) from Steven Spielberg and while he is known for his well known classics like Jaws, E.T., Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones and many others, Duel still remains as one of my favorite Spielberg films he has ever done.

It’s true that Spielberg isn’t as focused on an overexaggerated tone / cinematography the way WKW and Malick and Lynch are but Spielberg isn’t making niche art films. He’s first and foremost a storyteller, and he relies heavily on plot over style (although he low key has some of the most amazingly choreographed shots in film history).

Feb 8, 2024 · That’s why you get the director of Jaws to do a dinosaur movie. Just like with the shark in Jaws Spielberg understands that just showing dinosaurs wasn’t what the movie needed to add drama or tension. Rewatching the movie and seeing how he teases the approach of the T-Rex without using CGI at all is just a masterstroke.

Steven Spielberg: A.I. Artificial Intelligence, The Terminal, Amistad, Hook, Poltergeist, Duel, The Sugarland Express, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, The Color Purple, Empire of the Sun, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Jurassic Park ...