Steven Spielberg

A 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.

Un portret centrat pe film al regizorului de film extraordinar de talentat a carui influenta lunga de zeci de ani asupra culturii populare americane este fara precedent „Totul despre mine este in filmele mele”, a spus Steven Spielberg. Luand acest lucru ca o cheie pentru intelegerea producatorului de film de mare succes, Molly Haskell exploreaza intreaga gama de lucrari ale lui Spielberg pentru lumina pe care o stralucesc asupra omului insusi.