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Saturday, June 30, 2007
Steven Spielberg
There's no Culture Show today because Lauren Laverne is off having Eddie Murphy's baby, or something, so instead, here's a superb Mark Kermode interview with Steven Spielberg. He asks all the questions you want him to ask.
A superb interview. Well researched by Mark Kermode. I was surprised he liked the more populist of Spielberg's films I must admit. Also ,given his close relationship with George Lucas I was surprised about his fondness for film rather than digital film-making. Maybe this means that Indiana Jones 4 will be good with him at the helm and hopefully digital editing, characters, etc used sparingly. I really loved Jurassic Park - I remember seeing it at the cinema - the venue where I saw it had just installed dts sound specifically for this film - it was extremely loud and it really did have the audience on the edge of their seat. Also enjoyed AI although didn't get much acclaim.
I was surprised to learn that Spielberg's career had to be almost resuscitated by George Lucas; I didn't realise that Spielberg was so out of favour before Raiders of the Lost Ark.
I was also interested to hear Spielberg flatly denying the frequent claims that the sentimental conclusion to AI was his inspiration, rather than Kubrick's.
A superb interview. Well researched by Mark Kermode. I was surprised he liked the more populist of Spielberg's films I must admit. Also ,given his close relationship with George Lucas I was surprised about his fondness for film rather than digital film-making. Maybe this means that Indiana Jones 4 will be good with him at the helm and hopefully digital editing, characters, etc used sparingly.
ReplyDeleteI really loved Jurassic Park - I remember seeing it at the cinema - the venue where I saw it had just installed dts sound specifically for this film - it was extremely loud and it really did have the audience on the edge of their seat. Also enjoyed AI although didn't get much acclaim.
I was surprised to learn that Spielberg's career had to be almost resuscitated by George Lucas; I didn't realise that Spielberg was so out of favour before Raiders of the Lost Ark.
ReplyDeleteI was also interested to hear Spielberg flatly denying the frequent claims that the sentimental conclusion to AI was his inspiration, rather than Kubrick's.