A Study in Spielberg

I have always considered myself lucky to have been born at the right time to have experienced the movies of Steven Spielberg.  For my generation, we are lucky tenants of the last third of the 20^th century.  For us, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas provided our cinematic nutrition.

Lucas can be glorified and vilified sometimes in the same breath, but I will not doubt the enormous influence he’s had the this great artform.  But while Lucas turned inward and used his talents at improving the technical side of the movies, Steven Spielberg took a different path.  He made movies in  every genre, some good, some bad.

We grew up on his adventures which were childlike in form and function, but strangely more mature and thoughtful then someone else might have made them.  Steven Spielberg inspired my generation to watch movies in a whole new way, as the kinds of adventures he grew up watching or wanted to.

With that, I present “A Study in Spielberg”, a film-by-film look at his work from the first to the last.  Take a look and be sure to let me know what you think.

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Duel (1971)

Something Evil (1972) and Savage (1973)

The Sugarland Express (1974)

Jaws (1975)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

1941 (1979)

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Poltergeist (1982)

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1982)

Twilight Zone: The Movie – Segment 2 “Kick the Can” (1983)

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

The Color Purple (1985)

Empire of the Sun (1987)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

Always (1989)

Hook (1991)

Jurassic Park (1993)

Schindler’s List (1993)

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

Amistad (1997)

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

Minority Report (2002)

Catch Me If You Can (2003)

The Terminal (2004)

War of the Worlds (2005)

Munich (2005)

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

The Adventures of Tintin (2011)

War Horse (2011)

Lincoln (2012)

Bridge of Spies (2015)