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Steven Spielberg

            Steven Spielberg is most likely the best moviemaker the Hollywood has ever known. One of his most valuable talents is the ability to understand the public and predict what kind of movies people will like. Spielberg delivers hit after hit based on his own self-describe "preoccupation with ordinary people pursued by large forces". He does what he likes to do more than anything else. His life as a moviemaker is exciting, but it hasn't always been the way it is and to become the "Great Spielberg" he is today he had to overcome numerous obstacles the world had given him.
             Steven has liked movies since he was very little and his interest wasn't just in the movies themselves but in the process of making them. He made his first movie using his father's 8 mm camera at the age of twelve which impressed his peers and made them respect him. One of his homemade movies won an award as the best movie made by a teenager. A short while after that when he was twenty, Spielberg signed a contract with Universal Studio. From that point on he was working very slowly and learning how to become a good moviemaker. At the age of twentyeight, a blockbuster movie called Jaws directed by him was released. Jaws was the most profitable movie at that time and its release drew a lot of attention to Steven Spielberg which made him one of Hollywood's best young directors. .
             Being Jewish is never easy for anybody, because for some reason many people consider them inferior. Spielberg is an American born Jew. Although his first language is English he was still considered Jewish by a lot of people in his neighborhood and when he was a teenager and lived with his parents, other children would often make fun of him and try to humiliate him whenever they had a chance. A number of years later when he became a famous and respected member of American society he made a movie called Schindler's List which was a very powerful and touching movie about the life of Jewish people during the World War 2 in Germany and the surrounding countries.


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1. Steven Spielberg

... his first movie at the age of 12 and received his first award at the age of 13 for his film Escape to Nowhere (Steven Spielberg 2). His childhood paved the way towards his passion of directing. Spielberg's education and early training impacted the way he became a famous director. Unlike most Hollywood directors, he was not accepted to any film schools, so ... instead he attended the California State University of Long Beach to study English (Steven Spielberg 2). While in California, he entered the back lot of Universal Studios. (Steven Spielberg 2). Soon after, Spielberg dropped out of ...

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2. Steven Spielberg

... at #9, while others such as E.T. come in at #25 (Worsely 106). Surprisingly, while writing this paper, my opinion on the film that made Speilberg successful changed drastically. As a child I loved Steven Spielberg's movie, E.T. The film was centered around a lonely boy who is badly in need of a friend, and who finds one when a strange little creature falls from the sky and wanders into ... his friends and hide him from the adult world that seems to be a danger (Meachum 48). From childhood until now, I still associate Steven Spielberg directly to E.T. At the beginning of my research I st...

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3. Steven spielberg

... a hero could be a person noted for special achievement in a particular field. Of the three definitions that I have found of a hero, I feel that the last one applies most to my "hero." Steven Spielberg has been through many barriers throughout his career. Many have doubted him on his work, but still he manages to overwhelm us all ... in his own unique way. In all of his films combined the viewer has experienced every emotion known to mankind; whether its crying, laughter, anger, wonder, or admiration, Steven really knows how to put on a show. Steven Spielberg was born December 18, 1946, ...

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4. Steven Spielberg

The article that I chose for this assignment was called The Great Directors: Steven Spielberg and was written by Eric Molnar. Molnar whole opinion is that Steven Spielberg is the most underrated director and is often unseen as one of the greatest (Molnar). One main reason ... he isn't seen as one of the greatest artistic directors is because most artistic directors aren't as privileged enough to also have commercial success. Spielberg has expanded this ... . The bleaching of the film, by minimally over-exposing the negative, provides both scenes with a newsreel/documentary atmosphere" (Molnar...

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5. Analysis of Steven Spiel......

... 's Movies The article I read was a critical analysis of Steven Spielberg's Amistad. There were some valid points made in the article with regards to the movie. Steve Lipkin writes: 'The film's docudramatic disclosure of history vindicates American justice as an ideological ... a means of empowerment...how storytelling empowered victims of racial injustice in the past,' writes Lipkin. The article makes a parallel connection between Amistad and Schindler's List, which was the movie that Steven Spielberg made just prior to Amistad. The speech that the Amistad character Adam makes in the Su...

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6. Schindlers List V, Life Is Beautfiul

... Nuremberg trials, survivor testimonials, and many films have informed and educated the public about the horrific events that took place in Europe during World War II. Directors such as Steven Spielberg and Roberto Benigni have taken advantage of Hollywood's large publicity capability, and have created two Oscar- award winning Holocaust films titled Schindler's List and Life is Beautiful, respectively. ... also people who opposed the movie, thinking that it "distorts painful realities- (New York Times, 1998). Roberto Benigni's intentions and inspiration to make Life is Beautiful differs si...

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7. E.T.

... further. It makes us believe that if a child and an extra-terrestrial can bridge the gap between them and forge a friendship that deep, a love that pure, that anything is possible. Steven Spielberg had dreamed of making this movie his entire life. To him, it was to be symbolic of his life as a child and how he, as a young boy, dealt with the ... bringing the Reese's Pieces back, then you see him in full light. This was their way of keeping E.T. a mystery until they were ready to disclose his features. Mise En Scene Steven Spielberg is an awesome director. His photographic precision of m...

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8. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

... movie is all about a crystal skull from an outside world which had crashed into earth long time ago. The movie is created by George Lucas and directed by Steven Spielberg. The movie can fall under two different types of genre which are Adventure, and Action. I am sorry to say that I totally disliked the movie and must ... of doing this scene. Shia LaBeouf even said that he didn't do this part of the movie correct and blamed himself before blaming Steven Spielberg. "You get to monkey-swinging and things like that and you can blame it on the writer and you can blame it on ... movie they ...

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9. Schindler's List or Schindler's Ark?

... Date: 12/15/93 (limited), 12/25/93 (wide) Running Length: 3:15 MPAA Classification: R (Violence, Holocaust images, nudity, sex) Director: Steven Spielberg Producers: Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen, Branko Lustig Screenplay: Steven Zaillian based on the novel by Thomas Keneally The story of the Jews during the holocaust is brought out masterfully by Steven Spielberg in the film Schindler's List. This would prove to be a challenging task as ... Spielberg had to work away from many predecessors whom had filmed about the Holocaust as Spielberg has but also remain as faithful to the story...

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