Acknowledgments -- Introduction to the revised edition -- Chronology -- Filmography -- At sea with Steven Spielberg -- David Helpern / 1974 -- Filming the Sugarland Express: an interview with Steven Spielberg -- Andrew C. Bobrow / 1974 -- Primal Scream: an interview with Steven Spielberg -- Richard Combs / 1977 -- Close encounter with Steven Spielberg -- Mitch Tuchman / 1978 -- The mind behind Close Encounters of the Third Kind -- Steve Poster / 1978 -- Steven Spielberg in his adventures on earth -- Susan Royal / 1982 -- Always: an interview with Steven Spielberg -- Susan Royal / 1989 -- Steven's choice -- John H. Richardson / 1994 -- Seriously Spielberg -- Stephen Schiff / 1994 -- A world apart -- Peter Biskind / 1997 -- Five-star general -- Stephen Pizzello / 1998 -- An interview with Steven Spielberg -- Steve Head / 2002 -- Spiegel interview with Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg -- Spiegel / 2005 -- A telephone call with Spielberg -- Roger Ebert / 2005 -- Spiegel interview with Steven Spielberg -- Spiegel / 2006 -- Q&a: Steven Spielberg -- Jim Windolf / 2008 -- Interview: Steven Spielberg tempts the fates with his animated tintin -- Matt Mcdaniel / 2011 -- Steven Spielberg interview for Lincoln -- Will Lawrence / 2013 -- Steven Spielberg on the Cold War and other Hollywood front lines -- Cara Buckley / 2015 -- Ready Player One's Steven Spielberg and Ernest Cline on pooling their nostalgia to tell a new story -- Josh Rottenberg / 2018 -- Index.
Summary:
More than four decades after the premiere of his first film, Steven Spielberg (b. 1946) continues to be a household name whose influence on popular culture extends far beyond the movie screen. Now in his seventies, Spielberg shows no intention of retiring from directing or even slowing down. Since the publication of Steven Spielberg: Interviews in 2000, the filmmaker has crafted some of the most complex movies of his extensive career. His new movies consistently reinvigorate entrenched genres, adding density and depth. Many of the defining characters, motifs, tropes, and themes that emerge in Spielberg's earliest movies shape these later works as well, but often in new configurations that probe deeper into more complicated subjects--dangerous technology rather than man-eating sharks, homicidal rather than cuddly aliens, lethal terrorism instead of rampaging dinosaurs. Spielberg's movies continue to display a remarkably sophisticated level of artistry that matches, and sometimes exceeds, the memorable visual hallmarks of his prior work. His latest series of films continue to demonstrate an ongoing intellectual restlessness and a willingness to challenge himself as a creative artist. With this new collection of interviews, which includes eleven original interviews from the 2000 edition and nine new interviews, readers will recognize the themes that motivate Spielberg, the cinematic techniques he employs to create his feature films, and the emotional connection he has to his movies. The result is a nuanced and engaging portrait of the most popular director in American cinema history."--Provided by publisher.
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