... of the many awards it received, but because, on the charts, it ranked higher than any other Spielberg film. On the 100 Most Successful Films chart it holds steady at #9, while others such as E.T. come in at #25 (Worsely 106). Surprisingly, while writing this paper, my ... as the film that basically made Steven Spielberg what he is today. I did this because I realized that E.T. was one of Spielbergs more personal films and I truly believed that it was a masterpiece simply because he had taken a risky chance and put his career on the line when making this ... silver screen. I praise him f...

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... true to their time, the film's portrayal of war goes a lot deeper than that. The expressions and feelings of soldiers along with their morals and ideology are depicted with the horror of war. The lives and deaths of American soldiers in the immediate part of the invasion of Normandy and the battle of Omaha Beach are illustrated more realistically than ever ... when consulting with history of the battle, that is almost exactly how the battle took place. "Saving Private Ryan" captures the harsh reality of war as authentically as possible. The films historical accuracy of the Omaha beach l...

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... known for it's realistic filmmaking, Saving Private Ryan, directed by Steven Spielberg, benchmarked the idea of what we view as a perfect war film. Even before that, we've had many films of the genre. But the film that began the standard of contemporary war epics dates back to the year 1979. The film Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, is ... one of the first of its kind, graphic war movies, to portray the horror and reality of warfare. Director of Photography, Vittorio Storaro, showcased these portrayals, with his brilliant use of color, lighting, and composition. The col...

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