![]() ![]() I don’t know why I connected with it at such an early age-perhaps the film’s suburban setting subconsciously connected with my own alienation that stemmed from my new, similarly-suburban surroundings. THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL while she prepared dinner. One day my mother sat me down in front of our TV and popped in a VHS cassette of E.T. My younger brother had just been born, and due to our growing family, my parents moved us out of the home in the working-class southeast Portland neighborhood in which I was born.Īs my architect father was designing and building the house that I would eventually spend the bulk of my childhood in, we lived in a small apartment out in the suburbs, with a large, vacant field serving as a backyard. I could have only been three or four years old at the time, and I remember it well because it was during a tumultuous period in my brand-spanking-new life. The earliest film I can remember seeing was a Spielberg film. No matter your stance on the man, you have to respect his contribution to the art form, as it has indelibly shaped the very fabric of the entertainment industry. I’ve certainly been guilty of downplaying his accomplishments on occasion, which is a hard feeling for me to grapple with since much of his work has directly inspired me to pursue film as my life’s work. There’s a growing pool of cinema enthusiasts who are quick to discredit Spielberg as a studio hack or a peddler of maudlin entertainment. ![]() His brand has bled over into new media like videogames and television and his influence can be felt in the ambition of every single up-and-coming director. He’s one of the biggest personalities in entertainment, recognized the world over with several entries in the top ten highest-grossing films of all time. He single-handedly invented the blockbuster with 1975’s JAWS, but he’s also responsible for some of the most viscerally powerful “serious” films ever made: SCHINDLER’S LIST (1993) and SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998). The man is undoubtedly the most successful director of our time, perhaps of all time. Ask anybody with a passing interest in movies who they think of when they hear the word “director”, and 9 times out of ten, you’ll get the same name: Steven Spielberg. ![]()
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