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Title: Steven Spielberg: Interviews (Conversations With Filmmakers Series) by Steven Spielberg, Brent Notbohm, Lester D. Friedman ISBN: 1-57806-113-X Publisher: Univ Pr of Mississippi (Trd) Pub. Date: May, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Good stuff
Comment: There's a lot of really good stuff in here.
First, the interviews span some 25 years, so you get a sense how he's matured and yet how he's stayed the same.
Second, Spielberg is very candid, so interviews with him tend to reveal more than many others.
Third, there's just a lot of good stuff in here, some of which you may have heard and some not. For instance, I had never heard the story of how, as an awkward 12 year old, he and a mentally retarded boy were dead last in a school race and their peers cheered the retarded boy to beat young Spielberg. Spielberg describes how he knew he had to let the boy with without him realizing it and did just that. And then he describes how after the race, after the others carried the retarded boy on their shoulders, Spielberg was both devastatingly happy and sad.
Or there's the anecdote about his encounter with Stanley Kubrick -- how the master was not as stand-offish as one might think, and yet how he sized up Spielberg with "his probing, questioning eyes, always looking at you to see if you're true or falso. To see what you're made of, to see what you have upstairs. His chess player's eyes. Real surgeon's eyes."
There's lots of other examples I can bring but if you have any interest in Spielberg or movies just go out and get the book. It's a great read about a fascinating man whose own character arc and maturity as a movie-maker is the stuff great stories are made of.
Rating: 4
Summary: An insightful, entertaining read.
Comment: I've been waiting a long time for a book like this. Populist filmmakers like Steven Spielberg are too often ignored by publishers who would rather print in-depth literature on the likes of Coppola or Scorsese, so it's nice to see a meaty tome such as this on the bookshelves. Spielberg lets rip on all the stuff you often wondered about whilst watching his films, and proves himself to be rather adept at delivering hilarious anecdotes. Unlike the George Lucas Interviews book, Spielberg isn't shy when it comes to discussing his private life. All in all, an enlightening read. Jolly good.
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Title: George Lucas: Interviews (Conversations With Filmmakers Series) by George Lucas, Sally Kline ISBN: 1578061253 Publisher: Univ Pr of Mississippi (Trd) Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.09 |
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Title: Martin Scorsese: Interviews (Interviews With Filmmakers Series) by Martin Scorsese, Peter Brunette ISBN: 1578060729 Publisher: Univ Pr of Mississippi (Trd) Pub. Date: January, 1999 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title:The Directors - Steven Spielberg ASIN: B00004TJR2 Publisher: Winstar Home Entertainment Pub. Date: 27 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $9.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $9.98 |
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Title: Stanley Kubrick: Interviews (Conversations With Filmmakers Series) by Stanley Kubrick, Gene D. Phillips ISBN: 1578062977 Publisher: Univ Pr of Mississippi (Trd) Pub. Date: February, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Quentin Tarantino: Interviews (Conversations With Filmmakers Series) by Quentin Tarantino, Gerald Peary ISBN: 1578060516 Publisher: Univ Pr of Mississippi Pub. Date: August, 1998 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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