Since turning out his first home movie at age 12 and signing a director's contract with Universal at 20, Steven Spielberg has delivered film hit after hit based on his own self-described "preoccupation with ordinary people pursued by large forces."
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Superficial at best,
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This review is from: Steven Spielberg: Close Up: The Making of His Movies (Close-Up Series) (Paperback)
If you know nothing at all about Steven Spielberg, this book might be a good summary of his career. But if you are looking for personal insights, new depth or detailed film analysis, invest your book-buying money elsewhere. I was also put off by the fairly frequent denigrating remarks about various actors, screen writers and directors many of whom have careers that would seem worthy of some degree of respect.
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This review is from: Steven Spielberg: Close Up: The Making of His Movies (Close-Up Series) (Paperback)
With enough books chronicling the life and works of Steven Spielberg, this brief and sketchy tome hardly qualifies as one of the best. But I'm a hardcore Spielberg fan and have almost all the books written about him. Regardless, this is simply to fill a niggling itch, not necessarily for a good read. If you're looking for quality and sincere Spielberg books, Neil Sinyard and Ian Freer's excellent bios are great reading.
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superficial, innacurate, boring... bad.,
By "deimos1" (Guadalajara, Jalisco Mexico) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Steven Spielberg: Close Up: The Making of His Movies (Close-Up Series) (Paperback)
If you've read a Profile on Mr. Spielberg in any magazine or seen one of the very bleak "behind the scenes" documentaries in one of his DVDs... you're more than qualified to write a better book than this one.The back cover refers to the "book" as a "fascinating behind-the-scenes account of how Steven Spielberg really makes movies"... an utter LIE!! The chapter on "Jaws" for example, is only 4 pages long. I mean, the movie took forever to shoot, was plaged with trouble and was the first ever blockbuster... you could easily write a whole book with the creative process involved, not 4 pages. I see that there's an used book priced at $ 0.93 it is expensive, don't buy it.
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Schindler's List, Jurassic Park, Los Angeles, Indiana Jones, United States, New York, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Color Purple, The Extra-Terrestrial, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Amy Irving, George Lucas, Harrison Ford, John Williams, Peter Pan, Robert Zemeckis, Star Wars, Amazing Stories, Empire of the Sun, Night Gallery, World War, Academy Award, Alice Walker, Janusz Kaminski, John Milius New!
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- Close Encounters Of The Third Kind by Steven Spielberg on 9 pages
- Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker by George Lucas on 8 pages
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker on 5 pages
- Twilight Zone by Rod Serling on 5 pages
- Peter Pan (Acting Edition) by Sir James M. Barrie on 4 pages
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