Many years ago, someone on a social media site asked people who they thought was the greatest director of all time, and to this day, I still say it's Steven Spielberg. He's a visionary filmmaker and great storyteller, and he's got an eye for realism. He made some of the most epic and highest-grossing films in history. His journey to success was through hard work and grit, but he also had to overcome anti-Semitism. Ironically, unlike his friend George Lucas, Steven Spielberg was rejected from USC's prestigious film school multiple times.
Naturally, I've featured some films by Steven Spielberg in MOVIE OF THE WEEK--Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, Munich, Lincoln, and Minority Report--and these are films he directed. He has also served as Producer and Executive Producer for a variety of projects, including the Back to the Future and Transformers movies and Halo TV series.
When I saw Disclosure Day recently, I was reminded of the classic films by Steven Spielberg, particularly Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Except now, Disclosure Day is modernized with Spielberg and cinematographer Janusz Kamiński's signature visual style, featuring very grainy images, bluish color grading, and bright white lights à la Minority Report.
Even though the names in the film had been changed, The Fabelmans is a biopic of Steven Spielberg. I already knew some of his life story, but there were a lot of personal details I wasn't aware of, and it was a very emotional project for Spielberg.
Yeah, you may consider me a Steven Spielberg fanboy, just as I've greatly admired the works of James Cameron, Christopher Nolan, Kathryn Bigelow, and Tony Scott. There have been films about Hollywood and people in the film industry, but the life story of Steven Spielberg is especially incredible and fascinating, and after seeing The Fabelmans, I have an even greater appreciation for the master filmmaker.
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