Steven Spielberg : A Life in Films / Molly Haskell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haskell, Molly, Author.

Series:

Jewish lives (New Haven, Conn.)

Jewish Lives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spielberg, Steven, 1946-.

Spielberg, Steven.

Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Biography.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 pages).

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1. Beginnings and the Lost Ark

2. Steve Bites His Nails and Hears Voices

3. Arcadia: The Best and Worst of Times

4. The Kid with the Briefcase

5. Jaws "Open Wide"

6. Close Encounters of the Third Kind

7. 1941 and Raiders of the Lost Ark

8. E.T., Poltergeist, and Twilight Zone

9. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and The Color Purple

10. Empire of the Sun

11. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Always, and Hook

12. Schindler's List, Jurassic Park, and the Shoah Foundation

13. Amistad and The Lost World: Jurassic Park

14. Saving Private Ryan and A.I.

15. Minority Report and Catch Me If You Can

16. The Terminal, War of the Worlds, and Munich

17. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Adventures of Tintin, and War Horse

18. Lincoln and Bridge of Spies

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)

ISBN:

0-300-18693-2

0-300-18982-6

OCLC:

967550839