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film industry was at a low ebb, he turned to friend and collaborator, George Lucas and asked: 'What kind of movie would we like to see?' The answer they came up with was "Raiders of the Lost Ark." He tried it with "Jaws" and the film jump-started the blockbuster revolution. When he became a director he realized it was possible to crank up the adrenalin even higher. As a child he loved the emotional highs and visceral thrills that cinema could deliver, although they were never enough for him. He can also be an innovator - in the 90s "Schindler's List" and "Saving Private Ryan" played a crucial role in re-launching the historical epic. Spielberg doesn't follow anyone else's lead - he doesn't jump on bandwagons or try to make a buck from a 'sequel' to a successful film made by someone else. He makes films he would like to see himself A river of molten lava running below the tracks spells out the fiery end of whoever loses this fight.ģ.
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With an instinctive understanding of how to keep the audience interested, Spielberg splits the track into two which run parallel and Indy to fights hand-to-hand with the Thugees. The tiny cart holding Indy, Short Round and love interest Willie Scott careens around corners on two wheels, sparks flying in tunnels that weave and loop like an amusement park ride.īullets zing past shot by the evil Indian Thugees hot in pursuit. But he really shows off his flair for pacing and detail in the runaway mine-cart sequence near the end of "The Temple of Doom." He starts big and keeps cranking up the tension. It's a recurring theme and the messages blasting through multiplex screens are especially intense because it is so easy to identify with the protagonists.Īs Spielberg's first film, "Duel" shows he was already a master of this stylistic tool - the whole film is an extended but unflaggingly suspenseful chase scene. The action in "Schindler's List" (1993) may take place in Poland but Oscar the eponymous hero is a pretty ordinary guy who faced with an appalling reality transcends his former self to try to protect Jews' from Nazi persecution. Indiana Jones in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981), "Temple of Doom" (1984) and "The Last Crusade" (1989), is a bookish archaeology professor, who fate conspires to involve in fighting Nazis for ancient treasures.
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In "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial" (1982) a kid from the suburbs makes friends with a creature from another planet and has a series of adventures. Ordinary people, extraordinary momentsĭangerous, exciting and downright weird things happen to everyday folks in Spielberg's world. The Screening Room takes a peek into the director's bag of tricks and tries to identify what it is that makes a Spielberg movie, well, a 'Spielberg movie.'ġ. "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial", "Jurassic Park", "Jaws" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark."īut what is it that defines classic Spielberg? "Super-intensity" is the director's own word for what he comes up with on screen but that doesn't really get to the bottom of his particular brand of celluloid magic. Take a look at the box office: he directed four of the 50 all time top-grossing films in the U.S. Spielberg made his name in family entertainment with hits like "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, " and received an Oscar for Holocaust drama "Schindler's List."īut despite his obvious storytelling skill, critics have been largely dismissive of his work - perhaps put off by the easy redemptions and schmaltzy endings in many of his films.īut his populist approach is a winner with audiences.