A companion to Steven Spielberg / edited by Nigel Morris.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Morris, Nigel, 1955- editor.

Series:

Wiley-Blackwell companions to film directors.

THEi Wiley ebooks.

Wiley Blackwell Companions to Film Directors

THEi Wiley ebooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spielberg, Steven, 1946---Criticism and interpretation.

Spielberg, Steven.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (641 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, [England] : Wiley Blackwell, 2017.

System Details:

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Summary:

A Companion to Steven Spielberg provides an authoritative collection ofessays exploring the achievements and legacy of one of the most influential film directors of the modern era. * Offers comprehensive coverage of Spielberg's directorial output, from early works including Duel, The Sugarland Express, and Jaws, to recent films * Explores Spielberg's contribution to the development of visual effects and computer games, as well as the critical and popular reception of his films * Topics include in-depth analyses of Spielberg's themes, style, and filming techniques; commercial and cultural significance of the Spielberg 'brand' and his parallel career as a producer; and collaborative projects with artists and composers * Brings together an international team of renowned scholars and emergent voices, balancing multiple perspectives and critical approaches * Creates a timely and illuminating resource which acknowledges the ambiguity and complexity of Spielberg's work, and reflects its increasing importance to film scholarship

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors

Acknowledgments

Film and Television Programs: Steven Spielberg (chronological)

1 Introduction

References

Part One: Industry and Agency

2 Spielberg as Director, Producer, and Movie Mogul

The Move to Producing and Early Amblin

Jurassic Park and Schindler's List

The DreamWorks Decade

A Lion in Winter

3 Producing the Spielberg "Brand"

Spielberg's "Brand"

Spielberg as Producer

From Schindler's List to the Shoah Foundation

The Last Days and Broken Silence

Conclusion

Part Two: Narration and Style

4 Magisterial Juvenilia

Introduction

Amblin'

Night Gallery: Pilot, Segment 2: "Eyes" (Nov. 8, 1969)

Marcus Welby, M.D. Season 1, Episode 24: "The Daredevil Gesture" (Mar. 17, 1970)

Night Gallery: Season 1, Episode 4 segment: "Make Me Laugh" (Jan. 6, 1971)

The Name of the Game: "L.A. 2017" (Jan. 15, 1971)

Columbo: "Murder by the Book" (Sep. 15, 1971)

Something Evil (Jan. 21 1972)

5 Finding His Voice

Duel and The Sugarland Express: Innovative Road Movies

1941: Spielberg's Great Folly

6 Creating a Cliffhanger

Filmic Narration

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

7 Steven Spielberg and the Rhetoric of an Ending

Sunsets

Beaches

Superego Figures

The Family Reunion

End Sequences

The Voice‐over

Lost Children and Homecoming

Acknowledgment

8 The Spielberg Gesture

Part Three: Collaborations and Intertexts

9 Spielberg-Williams

The Hitchcock-Herrmann Legacy

A Relaxed Working Method

Spielberg's Alter Ego

Modernism versus Romanticism

A Meticulous Maestro

A Bluesy Debut

"That is Jaws"

Williams's Favorite Score.

Leading with Music

On the Edge of Camp

Back to the Fundamentals

Completing the Circle

Uniting Spielberg and Kubrick

"Beauty without Bathos"

Effulgence versus Attenuation

Symphonic Cinema

10 Spielberg and Kubrick

Career Parallels

Converging on A.I.

Developing A.I.

Author's note

11 Spielberg and Adaptation

Adaptation and Contemporary Hollywood

Adaptation and Intertextuality

The Politics of Adaptation

12 "A very cruel death of innocence"

The Novel

From Novel to Film

The Slap

The Opening

Childhood and Identity

Childhood, War, and Nationality

Spielberg and War Movies

Visual Images and Motifs

The Ending

Part Four: Themes and Variations

13 "Who am I, David?"

Losing It: Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Maternal Impotence in E.T.: The Extra‐Terrestrial

The Absent Family of the Road Movie: The Sugarland Express

Lost Boys and Found Mothers in A.I. Artificial Intelligence

14 Close Encounters of the Paternal Kind

A Hole in the Culture

Portraits

Keeping up with the Joneses

Dark

Incoherent Paternities

Dreams

15 Spielberg and Rockwell

Spielberg and Rockwell

Rockwell and Saturday Evening Post

Illustrative Realism

Marginal Genres

Spielberg's Suburbs

Middle Period

The Historical Cycle

Catch Me If You Can versus Forrest Gump

16 Too Brave for Foolish Pride

Part Five: Spielberg, History, and Identity

17 Morality Tales? Visions of the Past in Spielberg's History Plays

Dark Turns of the 1990s

The Invisible Hero of Contemporary Political History: Avner Kaufman in Munich

The Hero of American History: Lincoln.

The Rise of the Everyman

18 "Britain's Secret Schindler"

Nicholas Winton's Life and Activities

Initial Recognition of Winton's Work

Anniversary Coverage and the Myth of Schindler

Comparisons post‐2009

Schindler's List and British Self‐Perception

Schindler and Myth

19 The (M)orality of Murder

Avner the Butcher

Brisket and Family

Absent Fathers and Present Mothers

Milk and Blood

Secrets and Wine

Bread and Sacrifice

Cathartic Consumption

"Home Sweet Home"

A Strange Absence

20 You Must Remember This

Historical Echoes: No More Munichs!

Communal Memories: Docudramas as History

From Page to Screen

Behind the Screen: Conflicts and Controversies

The Movie

State‐Sanctioned Violence: Doctrines and Drones

A Note on Technical Issues

Conclusion: A Different Spielberg Movie

21 Violence and Memory in Spielberg's Lincoln

Overture

Ruptured Bodies, Ruptured Nation

Haunted Images

Lincoln's Dream

The Shadow of Slavery in Lincoln

Apotheosis

Part Six: Spielberg in the Digital Age

22 The Spielberg Effects

Spielberg's Effects

The Shark Is Working

The Spectacular Venue: Inscribing an Audience

Indiana Jones and the Painting of Matte

Industrial Light and Magic: A Special Relationship

A.I. Artificial Intelligence: "Don't be fooled …"

War of the Worlds: "I have to see this"

23 Spielberg and Video Games (1982 to 2010)

An Overview of the Games and Their Development

Spielberg and Video Games

The Characteristics of Video Games

Fiction and Story in Video Games

Part Seven: Reception

24 Sharks, Aliens, and Nazis

Spielberg and the Art of the Blockbuster.

Spielberg and the Ideology of Entertainment

Spielberg and Films with Big Ideas

25 Spielberg, Fandom, and the Popular Appeal of His Blockbuster Movies

Spielberg's Hollywood/Brand Spielberg

History, Allusion, and Spielberg as Film Fan

The San Diego Comic‐Con and Spielberg Fandom

26 Steven Spielberg and the Rise of the Celebrity Film Director

1960s and the Rise of a Directors' Cinema

Spielberg the Movie Brat

The Film Director as Superstar

Commerce and the Auteur

The King of Hollywood?

Spielberg as Celebrity

Index of Film and Television Programs

Index

End User License Agreement.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-118-72680-4

OCLC:

954720084