A Young Steven Spielberg Talks About His Peers & Love Of Film

[driftwood1408]

I love Steven Spielberg. There. I said it. STFU film hipsters.

[le013r]

and thats why we have so many shitty movies , quantity over quality

[waynestudios]

Smae Here, film is basicly the only thing I know

[violator102]

I don't understand why people bash on Spielberg so much. He's influenced and is admired by plenty of these directors who are considered "real filmmakers" today such as Quentin Tarantino, Werner Herzog, Paul Thomas Anderson and David Fincher. Even legendary directors such as Ingmar Bergman, Stanley Kubrick and Sidney Lumet admired his work. Spielberg is one of the few remaining gifted storytellers in movies today, who happens to have a more optimistic view of things. What's wrong with that?

[WinstonSmith6079]

@violator102 Well, those dumb little n00blets--who can't even so much as make up their own original material--are too busy giving their little moolah to the likes of Michael Bay.

They don't know much! hehehehe

[LJK193]

@violator102 They bash him cause they have no taste

[Bisbeatle]

As soon as he talked about being a whimp in school he became an even bigger idol/hero to me.

[Gencturk92]

Bring back Hitchcock and we give you Spielberg

[Pundit2k]

@Gencturk92 Release Tarantino and we will give you Hitchcock.

[mussman717word]

See, this is why I can't stand fucking Spielberg. The best guys in film -- Lumet, Scorsese, Copolla, Tarantino -- they didn't give a fuck about money or cheap entertainment. They cared about story and a damn good way of presenting it. All this douchebag cares about is proving himself to the fucking jocks. What a waste of space.

[Druffmaul]

@mussman717word Go fix a car.

[Mokkari77]

@mussman717word

Well la di da.

[SheridanODonnell]

@mussman717word

Go watch Jaws, Schindler's List, and Close Encounters, and you tell me if he wasn't putting the story first. They made money because they're fantastic films.  All he's saying is you shouldn't be ashamed of being popular. And sometimes good art can be popular.

[mussman717word]

@SheridanODonnell

I saw Jaws, meh. Don't like Sci-Fi so forget Close Encounters, and I've actually been planning to watch Schindler's List once I get around to it. I'm not saying he's never made a good film or anything like that, but I've seen quite a few of his that just pissed me off. It's that happy-ending bullshit. Another one of his that I've yet to see, but may redeem his reputation in my eyes, is Duel, the made-for-TV (?) movie. It's on the backburner simply because it's Speilberg.

[SheridanODonnell]

@mussman717word Definitely see Schindler's List. And don't get me wrong, I love all those guys you mentioned, but Spielberg is a great filmmaker. Listen to him speak about movies - his encyclopedic knowledge - he's just love in with them. That was his original fascination. Not money. And yes his films have a hopeful, sentimental feel to them, but if Kubrick can make generally dark, often times pessimistic films, why can't Spielberg be respected and represent the other side of that coin?

[WinstonSmith6079]

@mussman717word Heh, yeah, ya know, I'd agree with you...if you actually had a clue as to what you were talking about.

*your Comment = yet another Thumbs Down*

[dgb751]

funny question, he shouldhav taken her advice, he did have some bad years there. lol. oh well, we r living thru G. Lucas' bad years now.

[dcolby5]

@dgb751 What do you mean Lucas's bad years? He's doing anything. He's basically retired as a director.

[WinstonSmith6079]

@dcolby5 And that's too bad and too sad, as Lucas has ALWAYS been a MUCH better director than writer, which that last is what he's been doing over the last decade-and-a-half.

Hence: Lucas' "bad years" (Star Wars prequels, Star Wars "Special Editions", Indiana Jones 4, and I hope no more like that coming soon).

[directorlog]

Man that chick asked some stupid questions. have a break?

[WinstonSmith6079]

@directorlog Agreed! I was also wondering what the hell she was talking about. ??? Hehehehe

[RonAlmeida]

@lactoseme Of course you are absolutely right but you can not expect a Bollywood audience that can only understand Hindi to go beyond their ken. If you know what I mean.

[ReklawRemix]

what was the movie he was making in july? you know, when he says that at 1.34

[Zingerphile]

@ReklawRemix probably E.T.

[phone3792]

@ReklawRemix - I dont think it was ET- that was later in the early 80's - it has to be '1941' released 1979 and we all know how that picture went

[brianpadraic]

Da' man!

[RJHEllis]

at the cinema here, they still change movies every wednesday

[NotRegret]

i think that his responce to the first question is dated. In his time people mainly saw movies in theatres so the content of theatres was the whole of movies. Nowadays you can have variety much easier thanks to the popularity of direct to videos.

[redlightmax]

@RonAlmeida

Fuck off Eurotrash. I'll take a Spielberg blockbuster over your shitty depressing snoozefests any day.

[ehansen3]

@redlightmax Can you not accept both approaches? I would find it boring watching only blockbusters or only "snoozefests". There are millions of different films being made for different reasons all the time from Damon Packard to Micheal Bay, they all have their merits. if you really like film as a medium you should be able to embrace all of them on their own terms :)

[yonkondy]

@ehansen3

it's like people not understand that having both conservatives and liberals is a good thing. too much of anything is problematic and a cancer.

[verticalcinema87]

@redlightmax I second that.

[skydark]

@redlightmax Generalizing is a bad way to approach anything. I've seen a lot of blockbusters lately that I've found far more boring than some wannabe artsy film.

Good movies are hard to find and should be taken wherever they come from. In the 70's(America's golden age of cinema), directors had access to good movies made elsewhere. Today it seems wherever you go, all you get is american blockbusters, mcdonalds type films.

That may be fine to you, but not to those who truly appreciate cinema.